ASIAD 18: Vietnam wins first silver, ranking 16th in medal tally

Vietnam got two more medals at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia, raising its total medals to four but it still dropped to the 16th place in the medal tally as of 10pm of August 20.

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan (L) won the first silver medal for Vietnam on August 20 (Source: VNA)

Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang (R) won bronze in the men’s 800m freestyle event. (Source: VNA)

Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang (Source: VNA)

Earlier on August 19, Le Thi Linh Chi and Tran Quoc Cuong (R) brought home a bronze medal in the 10-m Air Pistol Mixed Event (Source: VNA)

Also on the day, Vietnamese taekwondo athletes Thien Phung, Tien Khoa, and Thanh Trung secured a bronze medal in the men’s team poomsae event - the first medal of the Vietnamese delegation (Source: thethao.thanhnien.vn)

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