Singaporean runner Calvin Quek won a bronze medal in the men’s 400m hurdles race at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 17 – the first medal in for the Singaporean athletics team in the category since 1969.

Vietnam grabbed 16 gold medals on May 17 to surpass the 100 mark at the ongoing SEA Games 31 on home soil.

Fencers from Singapore won gold medal after beating the Philippines 33-28 in the women’s foil team final on May 17.

Two new records were set up on May 17 at the ongoing SEA Games 31's swimming event at the Hà Nội's Mỹ Đình Water Sports Palace.

Malaysia's cycling squad won gold in mountain biking at the road race events on May 17 in Hòa Bình Province.

Duo Richein Yosorez and Islay Erika Bomogao Asiong from the Philippines scored 8.68 points for their performance in the women’s Waikru Mai Muay final of the SEA Games 31 at the northern Vĩnh Phúc sports centre on May 17.

Vietnamese athlete Nguyễn Thị Hương has secured one more gold medal for Việt Nam at the Games after her excellent performance in the women's canoe singles event on May 17.

Vietnamese fighter Bạc Thị Khiêm dominated for gold medal with a win over Indonesia’s Silvana Lamada 19-0 in the women’s 67kg category final in taekwondo event of the SEA Games 31 at Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ sport centre on May 17.

Indonesian Fathur Gustafian took home a gold medal as he scored 247.4 points in the final 10m air rifle on May 17.

Another 4-0 win, this time against Myanmar, wasn’t enough for Thailand to top the women’s futsal table as the hosts Việt Nam smashed Malaysia 4-1 in the later match on May 17.

Felisberto de Deus, with a small Vietnamese flag in his hand, waved at the fans cheering on his second silver medal of this year’s SEA Games competition.

The Vietnamese swimming team set a new record at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), with a time of 7 minutes and 16.31 seconds, wining a gold medal in the men's freestyle 4x200m relay event on on May 17, the 4th day of competition.

With her excellent performance in heptathlon, Nguyen Linh Na of Vietnam made an impressive comeback on May 17, the second competition day of this sport at SEA Games 31, to pocket a gold medal.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha, also known as Celine Nha Nguyen, has become the first Vietnamese woman to conquer the summit of Mount Everest, according to Nepal-based mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks.

Runner Nguyen Van Lai was the focus of attention on the third day of athletics competitions at SEA Games 31 after winning the men's 10,000m - his second gold medal at this Games.

The women’s sepak takraw team had a 2-0 win over Myanmar on May 17, bringing home another silver medal.

Vietnam's wrestling team secured six gold medals on the first day of competition at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) at Gia Lam Gymnasium in Hanoi on May 17.

Sprinter Quach Thi Lan set a record of 56:32 in the women's 400m at SEA Games 31,winning the 14th gold medal for the Vietnamese athletics team.

Le Quoc Khanh and Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam on May 17 defeated their Malaysian rivals 2-0 in the qualification round of the men’s doubles tennis event at the ongoing SEA Games 31.

The national mountain cycling crew of Malaysia made history on May 17 by bagging the country’s first gold medal in the mixed cross-country relay event at the ongoing SEA Games 31.