HCM City brings home golds

HCM City athletes brought home six gold medals from the Malaysian Johor Sport Games, which concluded last weekend.

The Vietnamese players won titles in athletics, table tennis and boxing. They also took two silvers and a bronze at the games that included athletes from 14 states in Malaysia and five teams from regional, countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei. The week-long games included 16 different sports.

Army snatch shooting title

Duy Hoang claimed the last gold medal of the National Shooting Cup to help the Army team overcome Hanoi, leading him to win the championship's overall title.

Hoang narrowly beat Hanoi's national marksman Nguyen Tan Nam in the final of the men's 50m three-position rifle to win the 8th gold for the Army. Hanoi finished second in the team rankings, just one gold behind.

The Public Security Ministry finished third with four gold medals.

Tee off for charity

A one-day golf tournament for charity will take place at the Vietnam Golf & Country Club course in the city's Thu Duc District on April 29, with prizes valued at US$260,000.

The Kinh Do Golf Tournament 2006, co-organised by Kinh Do Confectionery Company and HCM City Golf Society, was also planned to celebrate Liberation Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

Four major prizes will be up for grabs: a Mercedes C280 Advantage, a BMW 325JA, a Toyota Camry 2.4, and a Toyota Innova, all sponsored by PepsiCo Vietnam, VinaCapital, Norfolk Group and Toyota Dong Sai Gon.

Bike marathon to raise funds

Thirty-two men and women are making a marathon bike ride through Vietnam to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in Australia.

The Australian Consulate in HCM City planned to welcome the rider's on the Challenge MD! Bike ride when they entered the city late yesterday.

Bill Tweddell, Australia's ambassador to Vietnam, said the race should also help raise international awareness of the disease.

The team will cycle south through Vietnam, passing through some challenging and varied terrain on the way, said MDA's executive director Boris Struk, who is leading the group.

The riders will tackle 547km of rugged mountains, coastal terrain and dense jungle in an effort to reflect the physical hardship that sufferers of muscular dystrophy (MD) face everyday of their lives.

The team will raise more than US$250,000 from sponsors to help MD patients and their families, including about $100,000 already raised by Struk.

(Source: Viet Nam News)