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Vietnam stood at the 17th place in the medal standings of the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) on August 21 with another two silver medals and one bronze medal but some of its golden hopes suffered failure during the day.

Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched a silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia on August 21.

With 1,560 points, swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien became the Best Athlete of 2017, her fourth title of this kind to date.

Vietnam remained at the third place on the medal tally at the end of the 9th day of the ongoing SEA Games 29 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh earned a gold medal in the men 62kg event at the ongoing SEA Games 29 after lifting 307kg in total, breaking the record of 304 kg set at the previous games.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home a gold medal from the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships, currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Trinh Van Vinh of Vietnam grabbed a gold and a silver at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan on April 26.