Cueist Tran Quyet Chien (world No 18) has become the new champion of the 2018 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 25.
Cueist Tran
Quyet Chien along with his wife and two daughters (Source: http://www.kozoom.com)
Chien defeated his countryman Ngo Dinh Nai (world No 30) in the final on May 27
to get the title along with 16,000 EUR in prize money and 80 bonus points from
the World Billiards Union (UMB).
Second place Nai got 10,000 EUR and 54 points. The third place was shared by
Caudron Frederic (world No 1) from Belgium and 2017 Asian champion Nguyen Quoc
Nguyen (World No 15) from Vietnam, who received 6,000 EUR and 38 points
each.
With total prize money of 106,000 EUR, double that of the 2017 event, the 2018
Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup attracted 149 leading cueists from 17
countries and territories worldwide.
Among them are world number one Caudron Frederic of Belgium, world number
two and defending champion Merckx Eddy, also of Belgium, Spaniard David
Martinez, Japanese Yusuke Mori and the Dutchman Sam Van Etten.
Vietnam sent 18 cueists to the tournament, including 2017 Asian champion
Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (World No 15), Tran Quyet Chien (No 18), Ma Minh Cam (No
17), 2017 Asian silver medallist Duong Anh Vu (No 26) and Ngo Dinh Nai (No 30)
This is the fourth time HCM City has hosted the Billiards World Cup.
Source: VNA
Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.
In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.
In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.
After two tense and dramatic halves of the final round of the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Vietnamese football team played excellently, winning convincingly with a score of 3-2 and being crowned champions with total score of 5-3 against opponent Thailand.
After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.
Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.
