Pham Duy Cuong’s 35th birthday was celebrated far away from the family, but his fellow athletes made it extra special by presenting a cake with candles in a tent at a height of 5,000m above sea level on Mount Everest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese bodybuilders won two gold medals at the seventh WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships that ended in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 30.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Becoming Southeast Asia champion in triple jump in 2013, Nguyen Van Hung is now aiming farther, at the continental competition field, the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.

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 Vietnamese students proved too strong for the rest of the field at the ASEAN Schools Games' (ASG) which closed yesterday in the capital.

On June 25, the Vietnam sports delegation consisting of more than 100 elite athletes will go to the Republic of Korea (RoK) to participate in the Asian Indoor & Martial Art Games (AIMAG4).

Female gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh sealed gold at the FIG Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar yesterday, coming out on top for the second successive year.

Vietnamese sports have set an ambitious target for the 27th SEA Games (2013) and many athletes dream of winning gold.