Vietnam won 13 gold medals on Dec. 15, bringing its gold possession so far to 45, ranking second in the medal tally after seven days of competition at the 25 th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vientiane, Laos.

In shooting, Ngo Huu Vuong broke SEA Games record in the men’s individual 10m rifle running target event with 372 points and his teammates took another gold in the men’s team event.

A group of three marksmen including Vu Thanh Hung, Nguyen Hoang Duy and Pham Ngoc Thanh bagged one gold in the men’s 50m rifle three position 3x40 shots mixed team event. The fourth gold was carried off by Ngoc Thanh in the men’s individual event.

In the fin swimming competition, Vietnam took four out of five golds and broke three SEA Games records on just the first day. Duong Thi Huyen Trang and Nguyen Trung Kien made new SEA Games records in the women’s and men’s 100m surface event, respectively. Two other golds were brought in the men’s and women’s 4x100m team event and Vietnamese male fin swimmers broke the SEA Games record in the team event.

Wrestler Man Ba Xuan defeated Michael Baletin of the Philippines and Dorn Saov from Cambodia in a round robin format to take the title in the men’s 74kg category.

His teammate Ta Ngoc Tan defeated three rivals from Indonesia , Thailand and powerhouses the Philippines to pocket a gold in the men’s Greco-Roman 60kg category.

In Judo, Huynh Nhat Thong snatched a gold after defeating host artist Chittakone Sivanvilay in the men’s under 55-kg class final. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thanh Tai and Nguyen Ngoc Son brought home a gold in the men’s technique event.

The last gold for the day was brought by shuttlecock players Le Thi Be Sau and Cao Hai Yen in the team’s event./.