By PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian

The Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships kicked off yesterday with team events at Hai Duong’s 2,000-seat gymnasium.

In the women’s team side, Vietnam beat Indonesia 3-0 while Singapore defeated Malaysia 3-0. In the men’s, Vietnam beat Laos 3-0.

In other matches, Malaysia beat Indonesia 3-0, Thailand beat Brunei 3-0 and Singapore beat Cambodia 3-0.

It’s the first time the country has hosted a regional junior tournament. More than 100 players attended from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Competitors are competing in U-18 and U-15 age groups for 11 medal sets in the boys’ and girls’ singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team events.

Vietnam sent 19 players to compete in the five-day tournament, including top seeds Nguyen Thi Viet Linh, Vu Thi Thu Ha and Nguyen Ngoc Tu.

In the tournament last year, Vietnam bagged two gold, one silver and four bronze medals.