The outstanding performance helped to place Vietnam first in thescoreboard with 27 golds, 15 silvers and 10 bronzes.
As one of the world leaders in pencak silat, Vietnam dominated three out of six events in the morning.
Trio Vu Tien Dung, Nguyen Xuan Thanh and Nguyen Quoc Viet won in theboy’s team category, leaving behind teams from Indonesia and Brunei.
Their teammates Nguyen Thi Huyen, Duong Thi Anh Nguyet andPham Thi Phuong also topped the podium minutes later after winning thegirl’s category.
It was the second gold medal for Huyen and Nguyet, who had earlier won the girl’s double pool.
In the swimming, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien proved herself as a titlecollector, with two golds in the girls’ 400m and 800m freestyle.
The Can Tho city-based swimmer has now bagged eight of Vietnam’s nine swimming golds.
Four athletic golds went to Pham Ngoc Anh in javelin throwing, VoBien Thanh Thu (women’s 3000m), Nguyen Thi Oanh (women’s 400m distancerace) and Nguyen Duc Chinh (men’s 100m).
At the end of the thirdday, Malaysia and Thailand maintained their second and thirdpositions, respectively, on the board.-VNA