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Hiep enters long jump final at IPC Championships
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Hiep enters long jump final at IPC Championships

Nguyen Ngoc Hiep of Viet Nam entered the long jump final at the ongoing International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Weightlifter Cong breaks world record at Paralympic event
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Weightlifter Cong breaks world record at Paralympic event

Weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sunday.
Tung wins swimming bronze
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Tung wins swimming bronze

Disabled swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday.
Viet Nam to train 11 athletes for Paralympics
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Viet Nam to train 11 athletes for Paralympics

The National Sports Administration will invest VND3.8 billion (US$180,000) to train 11 Vietnamese disabled athletes to help them earn cards for competing in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil.
VN win paralympic swimming medals
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VN win paralympic swimming medals

Viet Nam claimed a haul of one gold, one silver and one bronze after a strong showing from the swimmers at the Asian Youth Paralympic Games which ended in Malaysia yesterday.
Viet Nam sends squad to Asian Youth Para Games
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Viet Nam sends squad to Asian Youth Para Games

The 22-strong team who left for Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday will compete in chess, swimming, judo, weightlifting, badminton and track-and-field.
Disabled VN powerlifter in Paralympic challenge
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Disabled VN powerlifter in Paralympic challenge

For the past nine years in any sort of weather, 31-year-old disabled athlete Nguyen Van Phuc attends Khuc Hao Sports Centre to practise weightlifting.
Paralympic photo contest to raise funds for the disabled
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Paralympic photo contest to raise funds for the disabled

Vietnamese and foreigners working in Viet Nam have been invited to join a photo contest to celebrate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
Paralympians set for training camp in Ireland
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Paralympians set for training camp in Ireland

Vietnamese team will leave this week to train in Ireland for the London Paralympic Games which begin on August 29 and close on September 9.
Course for coaches of disabled starts
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Course for coaches of disabled starts

A short course for disabled sports coaches is taking place in Dong Ha District, Quang Tri Province.
Trung aims for a Paralympic berth
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Trung aims for a Paralympic berth

Swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung will have his sights firmly fixed on a Paralympic berth at the British International Disability Swimming Championships that starts in Sheffield City today.
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