Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese swimmers on June5 won six gold medals and set more new records at the 12th ASEAN Paralympic Games taking place in Cambodia.
The gold medals were earned by Danh Hoa, Do Thanh Hai,Nguyen Hoang Nha, Vo Huynh Anh Khoa and Vo Thanh Tung.
Nguyen Dang Vien, head coach of the Vietnameseswimming team, told the Vietnam News Agency that his team aims to gain aposition 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’sjavelin throw F57. A day earlier, she claimed the first gold medal intrack-and-field for Vietnam in the women's shot put F57 event.
Her teammate Ngo Thi Lan Thanh also secured a gold inthe women’s javelin throw F55.
The Vietnamese athletics team has so far won four goldmedals at the ongoing 12th ASEAN Paralympic Games.
In the previous Games, they contributed 15 gold medals.
The Vietnamese sports delegation to the event consistsof 164 members, including 122 athletes. The Vietnamese athletes are competing ineight 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 namedamong 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 56bronze, ranking third on the medal tally./.
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.
Vietnam bagged 15 gold medals, ranking second in the tally after Indonesia (23 golds) as of 20:30 on June 4 - the first official competition day of the 12th ASEAN Para Games that is taking place in Cambodia.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Secretary of the Central Military Commission To Lam attended the event in Hanoi, while Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man were present the event in Hue and in Ho Chi Minh City, respectively.
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Swimmer Nguyen Hoang Nha. (Photo: VNA) 
