The gold medals were earned by Danh Hoa, Do Thanh Hai, Nguyen Hoang Nha, Vo Huynh Anh Khoa and Vo Thanh Tung.

Swimmer Nguyen Hoang Nha.

Nguyen Dang Vien, head coach of the Vietnamese swimming team, told the Vietnam News Agency that his team aims to gain a position in the top three, with the number of gold medals expected to exceed 27, secured in the previous Games.

Also on June 5, Nguyen Thi Hai won a gold in the women’s javelin throw F57. A day earlier, she claimed the first gold medal in track-and-field for Vietnam in the women's shot put F57 event.

Her teammate Ngo Thi Lan Thanh also secured a gold in the women’s javelin throw F55.

The Vietnamese athletics team has so far won four gold medals at the ongoing 12th ASEAN Paralympic Games.

In the previous Games, they contributed 15 gold medals.

The Vietnamese sports delegation to the event consists of 164 members, including 122 athletes. The Vietnamese athletes are competing in eight out of 13 sports at the tournament, namely track-and-field, swimming, weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and boccia.

Vietnam is set to win 50-55 gold medals and named among the top four countries in the medal tally at the event.

At the 11th ASEAN Paralympic Games in Jakarta, Indonesia last year, Vietnam claimed 183 medals, including 65 gold, 62 silver and 56 bronze, ranking third on the medal tally.

ASEAN Para Games 12: Rain of gold for Vietnamese weightlifters on June 4

Female weightlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong performed outstandingly in the women’s under-50kg and seized two gold medals on June 4 morning at the 12th ASEAN Para Games now going on in Cambodia.

Over 3,000 go on parade in traditional long dress in HCM City

The Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union held a gathering at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, District 1 in the heart of the city, on March 5 on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8) and the 1983rd anniversary of Hai Ba Trung (Trung Sisters) Uprising.

Ba Den Mountain: A brilliant paradise of flowers

This February, visitors to Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain in Tay Ninh province, can admire a brilliant paradise of flowers, especially thousands of tulips which are at their most beautiful.

Pu Luong – a paradise amidst jungle for travellers on budget

Located in the north central province of Thanh Hoa, Pu Luong is renowned as an ideal destination for trekkers and budget travellers because of its seclusion and fantastic scenery of terraced rice fields and primary forests.

Preparations underway for UNESCO recognition of Oc Eo - Ba The as World Heritage Site

The authorities of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 6 held a conference to review a decade of the operation of the Oc Eo - Ba The special national relic site (2012-2022), and announce a plan to prepare a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition of the archaeological location as a World Heritage Site.

Source: VNA