This result was significantly better than Duc’s 3 minutes and 59.31 at SEA Games 32, where he won silver earlier this month. However, the weather was cooler in Taiwan, unlike the extreme heat in Cambodia, which affected Phuoc’s performance.

Runner Nguyen Thi Huyen competes at SEA Games 32 in May 2023.

Nguyen Thi Hang won the women's 400m gold in 53.75 seconds, a slightly better time than her bronze medal run at the SEA Games.

On the second day of competition, veteran runner Nguyen Thi Huyen showed her strength in the women's 400m hurdles. She finished first in 58 seconds, less than the 56.26 seconds that helped win her gold at the Games in Cambodia.

In the women's 5,000m run, Pham Thi Hue was far ahead of her competitors to finish first in 17 minutes 44.07 seconds. Hue did not attend SEA Games 32 as Nguyen Thi Oanh and Pham Thi Hong Le were first picks.

Oanh was originally chosen to compete in Taiwan. However, the coaching team let her stay home so that she could focus on recovering from the SEA Games and prepare for the Asian Games 19 in China.

In addition to four gold medals, Vietnam won the men's 4x400m silver in 3 minutes and 12.08 seconds, along with two bronzes.

Vietnam’s golden stars at the 32nd SEA Games

Nguyen Thi Oanh stands out as the only athlete to win four gold medals for Vietnam at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.

Vietnam tops 120-gold target at SEA Games 32

Vietnamese athletes earned 16 gold medals on SEA Games 32's penultimate day Monday to raise their gold medal tally to 123, surpassing their target of 120.

Vietnam beat Myanmar 2-0 to take fourth SEA Games gold medal in a row

Huynh Nhu and Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha were on target as Vietnam surged past Myanmar 2-0 in the final match on May 15 evening to take the SEA Games women’s football gold medal for the fourth consecutive time.

32nd SEA Games: Historic gold for Vietnam in mixed doubles table tennis

Dinh Anh Hoang and Tran Mai Ngoc obtained the historic gold medal for Vietnam in the mixed doubles event of table tennis at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia on May 14.

"Golden girl" Nguyen Thi Oanh and extraordinary running steps at SEA Games 32

(BGO) - "Excellent", "wonderful", "class is forever", "admiring you", "congratulations to the golden girl" are words expressing admiration, love and pride on social networks toward runner Nguyen Thi Oanh, a small girl from Bac Giang who has excellently won two gold medals in the women’s 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase at SEA Games 32 on the afternoon of May 9.

Source: VnExpress