Vietnam won five more gold medals on Dec. 13, temporarily ranking second on the medal tally after two days’ topping the medal table of the ongoing Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25) in Laos.

The first gold medal of the day was snagged by a group of three Wushu athletes including Nguyen Huy Thanh, Tran Duc Trong and Tran Xuan Hiep in the men’s team Taolu (performance) event with the accumulated score of 9.50 points. Silver medal went to Singapore while Thailand took bronze.

In the women’s team weapon demonstration event, two athletes Vu Tra My and Vu Thuy Linh won a silver medal with a total score of 9.45 points. Gold medal for the same event went to Singapore .

The national shooting team also scooped two more gold medals for Vietnam in the air rifle event.

The first gold medal went for the men’s 10 metre air rifle team including Ngo Huu Vuong, Nguyen Van Tung and Do Duc Hung. Vuong snagged the second gold medal in the individual event with 560 points, while Tung and Hung won silver and bronze medals with 559 and 555 points respectively.

The two gold medals won at the third competition day are expected to relieve the pressure for the shooting team and encourage the athletes to strive their best over the next days to fulfil the target of six gold medals.

In the women’s single shuttlecock final, Trinh Thi Nga vanquished her Thai rival, Jindamon, to win a gold medal.

The last gold medal for Vietnam on Dec. 13 belongs to athlete Vu Thi Huong who spectacularly surpassed her Thai opponent to hit the finish line of the women’s 100 metre track and field competition after 11.34 second, breaking her national record of 11.43 second.

In total, Vietnam has taken 25 gold, 23 silver and 27 bronze medals after five days of competition at SEA Games 25.

Simultaneously on Dec. 13, after beating Laos’ team 3-0, the national women’s football team of Vietnam won the ticket to march for the final match against Thailand for the gold medal./.