Vietnamese basketball team aims for first medal at SEA Games
Vietnam’s national male basketball team and its core of naturalised overseas Vietnamese players are expected to bring home a medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines.
Vietnam's national male basketball players (Photo thethao247.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s national male basketball team and its core of naturalised overseas Vietnamese players are expected to bring home a medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines.
The naturalised players alongside eight native Vietnamese players are Dinh Thanh Tam, Dinh Thanh Sang, Tran Dang Khoa, Justin Young and Chris Dierker. All of them showed their talent in the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA) League which concluded in September.
Leading the male team is American coach Kevin Yurkus of Saigon Heat. He was head coach and general manager of Cantho Catfish in the VBA. Yurkus is a two-time Coach of the Year in the VBA.
He led the Catfish to back-to-back finals appearances and a 2018 VBA championship before he was tapped by the Bangkok Storm to serve as their head coach and general manager.
According to Jurkus, because the hosts Philippines are very strong, Vietnam will fight for the second or third place with Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Jurkus said as many players in the Vietnam team played together in the VBA they have good chemistry already.
In the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines, Vietnam will compete in four categories including men’s and women’s basketball team of 5x5 and 3x3.
Basketball will be played in Manila from December 1-10./.
You should also see
PM attends national startup festival for students
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening of the fifth National Startup Festival for students in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Hue city on March 25.
See more
Culture - Sports
Hanoi seeks support from World Heritage Centre in restoration of Kinh Thien Palace
Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Dinh Tien Dung on March 24 asked for continued support from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) for a project to restore Kinh Thien Palace in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, which was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
Videos
Hot-air balloon festival in Binh Thuan
A hot-air balloon festival was held on Doi Duong beach, the south-central province of Binh Thuan, on March 24 to celebrate the National Tourism Year 2023 themed “Binh Thuan – Green Convergence”.
Videos
Vietnamese food named among world’s top best dishes
Vietnamese dishes including bo kho (stewed beef), bo nhung dam (beef in vinegar hot pot) and bun cha (grilled pork meatballs with vermicelli noodles) have been named among the world’s 100 best meat dishes, according to readers’ votes of the TasteAtlas, the world’s most famous encyclopedia of flavors, traditional dishes, and authentic restaurants.
Culture - Sports
Sa Huynh Civilisation relic site in Quang Ngai earns special national status
The Sa Huynh Civilisation relic site in Duc Pho township of the central province of Quang Ngai has earned a special national status as recognised by the Prime Minister recently.
Culture - Sports
Recycled plastic bottles used to make jerseys for Thai athletes at 32nd Sea Games
Thailand's official SEA Games jersey maker Grand Sport has released the collection of kits that Thai athletes would wear when competing at the upcoming 32nd SEA Games 2023 in Cambodia.
