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Sponsors promise awards for gold medalists at SEA Games 29

As many as 100 43-inch smart TVs, worth over 1.6 billion VND in total, will be awarded to Vietnamese gold medalists at the 29th Southeast Asian Games to take place in Malaysia, from August 19-30.
 
Sponsors promise awards for gold medalists at SEA Games 29 ảnh 1Hoang Xuan Vinh, Vietnam's high hope at SEA Games 29 (Source: VNA)​

Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 100 43-inchsmart TVs, worth over 1.6 billion VND (70,400 USD) in total, will be awarded toVietnamese gold medalists at the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames 29) to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from August 19-30.

The sponsorship programme was signed by NguyenKim Trading Joint Stock Company and Samsung Vietnam in Hanoi on August 11.

Tran Duc Phan, head of Vietnam’s SEA Games delegation,said Vietnamese athletes are expected to win between 49-59 gold medals, addingthat the gifts will create a great motivation for the athletes.

Meanwhile, Tran Van Manh, Secretary General ofthe Vietnam Olympics Committee (VOC), lauded the timely sponsorship andencouragement of sponsors, saying that Vietnamese athletes had promised to dotheir best to earn gold medals and bring glory home.

VOChas so far received support from 11 sponsors for the Vietnamese sportdelegation to SEA Games 29, he added.

According to the organizers of SEA Games 29, theevent will draw around 6,000 athletes from 11 nations in Southeast Asia,competing in 38 sports with 405 categories.

Vietnam’s delegation includes 476 athletescompeting in 32 sports, and aims to rank among the top nations at the games.-VNA
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