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Article: Vietnam Targets 40 Gold Medals at 21st SEA Games

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March 3, 2001
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Vietnam has set a target of 40 gold medals at the 21st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia in September, Vietnam's official news agency VNA reported Saturday.

To reach the target, Vietnam will send its largest team so far to compete in 26 or 27 of the 32 events at the games.

The country has made a draft list of 441 athletes, including 216 women, to compete in such sports as track-and-field, water sports, basketball, martial arts, shooting, weight-lifting, billiards and snooker, cycling, gymnastics and badminton.

Preparations for participation of ...

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