Việt Nam News

A day after Thailand triumphed in the women's futsal, their men completed a golden double after cruising past Việt Nam 2-0 in the final at the Hà Nam Gymnasium on May 20.

After an 88-60 defeat to the defending champions the Philippines on May 19, the Vietnamese players grabbed a crucial victory over Malaysia to continue their hopes of winning a medal.

Fans of League of Legends and Arena of Valor esports in Hà Nội queued up for days last week to get their hands on the tickets to see Việt Nam's biggest gold medal hopes live, and the players did not disappoint.

Malaysia hit their target of 36 gold medals at the Games, with the latest coming from the national karate team.

Nuramisha Binti Azrilrizal of Malaysia beat Soeng Moruy of Cambodia in the women's 51kg category to advance to the gold medal match on May 20.

Hoàng Thị Duyên was the star of the weightlifting on May 20 as she won a gold medal and set up a new Games record.

Superb performances from the Thai pair Suthasini Sawettabut and Orawan Paranang in the semi-finals created an all-Thai final in the table tennis women’s singles at Hải Dương Sports Complex on May 20.

Lê Thị Kim Loan brought a great victory to the Vietnamese Chinese chess when she won gold medal in the women’s individual standard Chinese chess category on May 20.

The crowd at the Bắc Giang Provincial Sports Hall seemed to explode when the top Vietnamese player Nguyễn Tiến Minh took victory over Thai Khoisit Phetpradab in the quarter-final match on May 20.

Vietnamese chess players brought home two more gold medals in the blitz chess category on May 20.

Thailand and Indonesia had a tough race on the second day of canoeing at the Games in Hải Phòng City as duo Aphinya Sroichit and Orasa Thiangkathok of Thailand and Indonesian Dayumin and Nur Meni both crossed the finish line of the women’s 500m canoe double with the same time, on May 20.

Mohammed Djouadj, Vice President of the World Vovinam Federation and Chairman of the African Vovinam Federation, has expressed his admiration of the host country's organisation of the ongoing Games 31.

As well as watching the region's best athletes battle it out, visitors to Hải Dương Province for the SEA Games also have the chance to visit the Thanh Hà lychee gardens, where the oldest lychee tree in Việt Nam stands. 

Men's and women's table tennis singles events continued today in the Hải Dương Sports Complex.

Malaysian shooter Johnathan Guanjie Wong edged out Vietnamese Trần Quốc Cường in a tension competition to win gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol at the SEA Games 31 on May 19.