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Vietnam erupts in celebration as SEA Games hosts win football gold

Vietnam’s supporters celebrate in the city centre after their team won the men’s football final match against Thailand during the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi on Sunday. (AFP photo)

HANOI: Thousands of people waving flags poured into the streets of Vietnam’s capital Hanoi and other cities after the SEA Games hosts beat fierce rivals Thailand 1-0 in the men’s football final on Sunday.

Defending their football crown from the 2019 Games, the home team came out on top of a tough match in front of a capacity 40,000 crowd at Hanoi’s rocking My Dinh stadium.

Forward Nham Manh Dung was the home hero with an 83rd-minute header that arrowed into the top corner, sending the already boisterous crowd into a frenzy, blasting air horns and waving…

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