Quynh Luu surpasses Vinh City to take the top spot in the overall standings.

(Baonghean.vn) -Yesterday (May 14th), the second day of competition following the opening ceremony, seven events continued: women's volleyball, sepak takraw, badminton, petanque, swimming, athletics, and archery. Similar to the previous day, Vinh City and Quynh Luu continued their fierce competition on the medal table.

Women's volleyball match between Vinh City (red jerseys) and Quy Hop.

At Vinh City Stadium today, the following athletics events took place: men's 400m race, men's high jump, women's 400m race, and women's high jump. As a result, the Vinh City team won two more gold medals in the men's 400m race and women's high jump, bringing their total to five and temporarily putting them in first place. With one gold medal won yesterday in the men's high jump, Vinh City is temporarily in second place with a total of four gold medals. Dien Chau and Hung Nguyen teams are in third place, each with two gold medals.

Competing in the crossbow shooting event.

At the Vinh City Sports Arena, matches were held this morning to determine the top two positions in the two groups of the women's volleyball tournament. In Group A, Tan Ky defeated Thai Hoa 3-0 to take first place. In Group B, the match between the top two teams, Quy Hop and Vinh City, was exciting and dramatic, with Quy Hop ultimately winning 3-1. In the two matches that were more formalities, Quy Chau defeated Do Luong 3-2, and Nghia Dan defeated Tuong Duong 3-0. In the afternoon, the two semi-final matches took place at Kim Lien Stadium (Nam Dan). Vinh City defeated Tan Ky 3-1, while Quy Hop easily beat Thai Hoa 3-0. Thus, this morning's final at Kim Lien Stadium will be a rematch between Vinh City and Quy Hop.

Today's badminton tournaments featured the semi-finals (morning), finals, and third-place match (afternoon). Except for the women's singles final, where Tran Thi Thu Ha (Quy Hop) proved superior to Nguyen Thu Thuy (Thai Hoa Town), the finals in the other events were all balanced, exciting, and lasted three sets. The most captivating match was the mixed doubles final between Nam and Hai (Cua Lo) and Tu and Mui (Vinh City). Besides the beautiful rallies and dramatic chases, this match was also noteworthy for the referee's decisions and the reactions of the involved parties.

In the first set, the referee called an out-of-bounds fault for the Nam-Hai pair, but the shuttlecock was actually quite deep in the court. The Cua Lo pair protested vehemently, and it took nearly 5 minutes for the organizers to resolve the issue. In the third set, the referee again called an inaccurate point for the Vinh City pair, causing the male player from Cua Lo to threaten to withdraw. When the referee persuaded him to return to the court, after only 3 rallies, another referee decision provoked a strong reaction from officials of the Vinh City Cultural and Sports Center, who threatened to file a complaint. The match ended with a 2-1 victory for the Cua Lo pair. In addition to the gold medal in the mixed doubles event, Cua Lo also won two more gold medals in the men's singles and men's doubles events. The remaining two gold medals went to Vinh City (women's doubles) and Quy Hop (women's singles).

Awards presented for the mixed doubles badminton event.

Yesterday, the sepak takraw competition completed its final two events, the men's and women's teams, with the gold medals going to the teams from Do Luong and Hung Nguyen respectively. In petanque, 7 out of 9 sets of medals have been awarded. The Nghi Loc team is currently leading with 3 gold medals, while the Do Luong and Cua Lo teams each have 2 gold medals. The archery competition has only just begun its qualifying rounds.

At the end of yesterday's competition (May 14th), the Quynh Luu team led the overall standings with 23 gold medals, followed by the Vinh City team in second place (22 gold medals), and the Do Luong team in third place (11 gold medals). Today's competitions will continue in the following sports: women's volleyball, athletics, petanque, archery, and tug-of-war.

Medal standings as of May 14th:

Minh Quan