Monday, June 25, 2007

Vietnam beats Jamaica in friendly football match



Vietnam beat Jamaica 3-0 in a friendly soccer match, which took place in the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on June 24.
The Vietnamese eleven took the initiative early on when striker Le Cong Vinh scored first in the eighth minute.The host team scored again in the 65th minute with a long shot from midfielder Duc Duong. Striker Anh Duc scored the final goal in the final minute.Vietnam's Austrian coach Alfred Riedl chose his best players for the starting line-up at the match to prepare the squad for the Asian Cup, which Vietnam is to co-host with Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia next month.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Vietnam beats China’s Dalian 3-1 at VTC-Salonpas volleyball cup


The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team has exerted great effort to defeat their rivals Dalian from China after suffering a 25-20 loss in the first set of the match on June 22 as part of the VTC-Salonpas Women’s Volleyball Cup.
The turning point of the match came at the end of its second set, as Vietnamese players managed to secure a narrow win of 25-23 to the cheers of fans in Vinh Phuc Gymnasium.

From this point on, the Vietnamese athletes showed good form and played steady combinations to completely crush Dalian’s resistance in the next two sets with outright scores of 25-17 and 25-18.

Vietnam is likely to be placed fifth in the tournament following this victory.
The awards ceremony will take place after the final matches on the evening of June 23.