Vietnamese athletes grabbed another eight gold medals on the third day of the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane to top the table with 14 golds.

Nguyen Ngoc Thanh in the men’s karatedo kumite 67kg category, Bui Thi Trieu in the women’s karatedo kumite 61kg category and swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet in the men’s 100m breaststroke were the other Vietnamese athletes to win gold.

Viet clocked a minute and 1.60 seconds, ahead of Indonesian Indra Gunawan and Thai Vorrawuti who finished with timings of one minute 1.90 seconds and one minute 2.60 seconds respectively.

Vietnam leads the medal tally with 14 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals while Thailand is in second place with 13 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze medals. Singapore is third with 12 gold, six silver and 12 bronze medals.

The 25^th SEA Games started on December 9 and will close on December 18.

Source: Thanh Nien, SGGP