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After a successful 2018, managers and fans are brimming with hope that Vietnam’s sportsmen and women will obtain more international successes this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a meeting in Hanoi on September 3 with 150 officials, experts, coaches and athletes attending the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018, which ended in Indonesia a day earlier.

The 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) closed in a glittering ceremony in Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium on September 2, delivering a message of solidarity in the region as athletes were not grouped by their countries and territories, but by the sports.

Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, President Joko Widodo announced on September 1 following its successful organisation of the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD).

The Vietnamese sport delegation attending the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia returned home in the warm welcome of thousands of fans in Hanoi on September 2.

The Vietnamese delegation pocketed 4 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD).

The Vietnamese delegation pocketed a total of 4 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze medals, finishing 17th in the tally of the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia by 9.30pm on September 1.

Vietnamese athletes earned three more bronze medals in athletics and kurash on August 30, standing at the 15th place in the medal tally on the 12th day of the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

Kurash martial artist Nguyen Thi Lan won a bronze medal for Vietnam on August 30 at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

Pencak Silat athlete Nguyen Van Tri on August 29 won the third gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 18) in Indonesia.

Vietnam’s Pencak Silat athletes won another silver medal on August 29 at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

Track and field athlete Bui Thi Thu Thao, who brought home the second gold medal for Vietnam on August 27 at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 18) in Indonesia, received a reward of 50 million VND (2,150 USD) the same day.

Vietnam Airlines will conduct additional flights to Jakarta, Indonesia to serve Vietnamese football fans as the country’s Olympic team is making history by entering the quarter finals at the ongoing ASIAD 2018, the national flag carrier has announced.

Asian media run articles spotlighting the Vietnam Olympic team’s August 23 historic victory against the Bahrain team to earn a berth in the quarter-finals of the Asian Games 2018 held in Indonesia.

Vietnamese female rowing team brought the first gold medals to Vietnam on August 23 at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia.

Vietnamese wushu artists bagged two more medals on August 21, the third official competition day of the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 18) in Indonesia, raising the country’s total medals to six.

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.

Under the scorching sun of the hot season in Indonesia, long queues can be seen at stalls selling tickets to see competitions in the 2018 Asian Games (2018 ASIAD), which has been underway in Jakarta since August 13.

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan won the first silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD) in Indonesia on August 20.

Vietnamese athletes need to demonstrate good sportsmanship and follow rules of competitions, thus promoting the country’s images to international friends, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has said.