December 17 marked one of Viet Nam’s most successful days at the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, with the country's athletes claiming gold medals in several of their traditional strengths, including rowing, shooting, and pencak silat, boosting Viet Nam's position in the overall medal standings.

Viet Nam sustained their upward momentum at the 33rd SEA Games as pencak silat and rowing once again delivered golds, pushing the nation’s total haul to 53 gold medals on December 17 morning.

Vietnamese rowers and shooters added three more golds to Viet Nam’s medal tally at the ongoing 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand on December 17 morning, bringing the total number of gold medals to 51.

At the 2025 Asian Rowing Championships recently concluded in Hai Phong, the Viet Nam national rowing team once again made waves by securing six gold medals in the women’s events, propelling the Vietnamese delegation into the continent’s leading group.