The Championship, jointly held by the General Sports Administration and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Giang province, was attended by nearly 400 athletes from 25 provinces, cities and sectors. During 6 competition days (from 7 to 12 June), 63 medals were awarded to the athletes.

Wrestler Nguyen Van Luong wins gold medal at men’s classic wrestling category for weight group of 60kg.

20 athletes from Bac Giang delegation including 16 males and 4 females joined the championships and bagged total 11 medals (1 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze medals).

Particularly, Nguyen Van Vinh (born in 2005) won gold medal at men’s classic wrestling (weight group of 60kg). The 3 silver medals came to Hoang Khuong Duy (born in 2007) at men’s free-style wrestling (weight group of 57 kg), Do Van Kien (born in 2005) at men’s classic wrestling (weight group of 48 kg) and Giap Xuan Bac (born in 2006) at classic wrestling (weight group of 55 kg)

The Organizing Board presents flags to the outstanding athlete delegations.

According to Nguyen Quang Lanh, coach of Bac Giang wrestling team, there are many youngsters among 20 athletes of Bac Giang delegation who participated the championships for the first time. The athletes’ training faced numerous difficulties prior to the championships. However, the delegation competed excellently to win 11 medals, exceeding the set targets of 5 to 6 medals.

The men’s classic wrestling match at weight group of 60kg between Bac Giang’s athlete Nguyen Van Luong in blue and athlete from military team.

The event is held to evaluate the coaching, detect the sport talents and nurture human resources for the national wrestling team while offering the sport delegations and athletes chances to exchange experiences and solidarity.

Meeting honours female athletes with gold medals at 31st SEA Games

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union held a meeting with female athletes who won gold medals at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) which wrapped up in Vietnam in late May.

SEA Games 31 athletes receive honour for excellent performance

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision awarding the Prime Minister’s certificates of merit to 305 athletes who scored excellent performances at the recently concluded 31st Southeast Asian Games.

Foreign athletes impress with passion for sport and fairplay cheering spirit of Bac Giang people

(BGO) - The badminton event at SEA Games 31 successfully closed in Bac Giang province on May 22. The local organizer’s great efforts taken to serve delegations and facilitate the athlete during competition and enthusiasm of local fans left good imprints on players.

Indonesian athletes impress with Bac Giang tourism sites

(BGO) - After seven day competition of Badminton event at SEA Games 31 in Bac Giang province, Indonesian athlete delegation with 13 members on May 23 visited some local landscape sites.

SEA Games 31: Vietnam has the largest contingent of athletes

Vietnam sends a 1,341-strong delegation to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) with 1,341 members, of whom about 950 are athletes, together with coaches, doctors and experts.