Vietnam has achieved its target of finishing third at the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which concluded in Malaysia on Wednesday, with female athletes outplaying their male teammates.

Team Vietnam bagged a total of 58 gold medals in the event, two thirds of which were won by women.

The Vietnamese female athletes have shined in multiple sports, from the important Olympic sports such as swimming and track-and-field, to martial arts including wushu, taekwondo, karate-do and pencak silat.

Some of the greatest Vietnamese heroines in the region’s biggest sporting competition were swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, sprinter Le Tu Chinh, and the women’s football team, who clinched their fifth SEA Games title in Malaysia.

Below are some photos of the Vietnamese ‘wonder women’ taken by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

Vietnam's wushu athlete Duong Thuy Vi

Vietnam's wushu athlete Duong Thuy Vi

Vietnam's women taekwondo team

Vietnam's woman's 4x100m relay team celebrate.

Vietnam's pencak silat martial artist Tran Thi Thien

Vietnam's taekwondo martial artist Ha Thi Nguyen

Vietnam's women's football team

Vietnam's taekwondo martial artist Ha Thi Nguyen celebrates.

Vietnam's swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien

Vietnam's eight-time gold medalist Nguyen Thi Anh Vien

Vietnam's sprinter Nguyen Thi Oanh celebrates after winning the women's 5,000m gold medal.

Vietnam's hurdler Nguyen Thi Huyen celebrates.

Vietnam's long jumper Bui Thu Thao

Vietnam's pencak silat martial artist Pham Thi Tuoi

Vietnam's cyclist Nguyen Thi That

Vietnam's hurdler Nguyen Thi Huyen

Vietnam's sprinter Le Tu Chinh

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