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Swimmer Anh Vien continuously won the Victory Cup

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USPA NEWS - After the Vietnam's Best Athlete 2015 title, swimmer Anh Vien continuously won the Victory Cup, the first ever national sport award, was voted by fans, sports journalists and experts from around Vietnam.
After the Vietnam's Best Athlete 2015 title, swimmer Anh Vien continuously won the Victory Cup, the first ever national sport award, was voted by fans, sports journalists and experts from around Vietnam.

At the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore last year, she won eight gold medals and broke eight SEA Games records.

She also won one silver and one bronze at the International Swimming Federation World Cup in Russia; one gold, one silver and one bronze at the Military World Games in the Republic of Korea; and seven gold, five silver and one bronze medals at the Southeast Asia Age Group Swimming Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam.
swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien
U8 World Chess Champion Nguyen Le Cam Hien
Chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem received the “˜Oscar´ trophy for the male athlete. In year 2015, he won a number of titles including the HD Bank Chess tournament, the Spice Cup with his teammates from Webster University and a second position at the Millionaire Chess competition.

The trophy also came to Dang Thi Dong in the Lifetime Achievement category.

Dong is one of the best Vietnamese shooters in history. In her 23 years of competition, Dong grabbed a lot of titles including an Asian record during one of her SEA Games.

Other trophy receivers are Vu Ngoc Loi as best coach; fencing squad as the best national team, and U8 World Chess champion Nguyen Le Cam Hien as the best young and most beloved athlete.
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