Taekwondo team to train for SEA Games in Laos

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s 40-member taekwondo team will start training at Hanoi’s Sports Training Centre No 1 on February 2 in preparation for the 25th SEA Games to be held in Laos late this year.

Last month, Nguyen Dinh Toan and Nguyen Minh Tu bagged a couple of gold medals in the mixed doubles of the World Taekwondo Performance Championships in Turkey.

Marital art has been a strong point for Vietnam in international competitions.

Artist Tran Hieu Ngan won the country’s first Olympic silver in the women’s under-57kg in Olympics Sydney in 2009.