Jakarta(VNA) – Vietnamese female rowing team brought the first gold medal to Vietnam onAugust 23 at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia.
The team, groupingLuong Thi Thao, Ho Thi Ly, Ta Thanh Huyen and Pham Thi Thao showed excellentperformance at women’s lightweight quadruple sculls event with 7:01.11.
The Iranian team camesecond with 7:04.38.
This is a surprise buttimely success of Vietnam after the failure of several golden hopes.
The achievement pushedVietnam to the 13th position in the ASIAD 2018’s medal tally as of12:30 on August 23.
Earlier on the day, wushu artist Bui Truong Giang obtained a silvermedal for his performance in the men's sanda 56 kg.-VNA