Thiet, who is the only Vietnamese lifter to compete at two Olympic Games, has been suffering from a knee injury for months, that prevented her from competing at the recent Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Having already secured the gold medal, the Hai Duong Province-born athlete set a a SEA Games record by lifting 126kg in the 63kg category.
Thiet plans to work as a coach in her native province.
Dong Tam Long An sign new coach
Dong Tam Long An have hired a new coach just days before national football tournaments are due to kick off. Marco Octavio Cerqueira is the team's fourth foreign coach in three years.
The Brazilian replaces Macerlo Javier Zuleta who worked with the club for only three months before returning home to Argentina, due to family reasons.
Cerqueira has completed his FIFA coaching certificate and also graduated from Gama Filho College in Brazil with a physical training qualification. He first worked in beach football and led his national team to 10 World Championships before winning two European titles with Portugal and Belgium.
Cerqueira moved to football in 1995 and has worked with teams from Portugal, Brazil, China and Iran before coming to Viet Nam.
The coach said he agreed with the target of a top three finish set by the club when he signed the contract.
Minh loses first game at Super Series Finals
Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh lost his first match in Group A at the VICTOR-BWF's 2010 Super Series Finals yesterday.
Minh was defeated 12-21, 17-21 by the world and tournament No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia yesterday in Chinese Taipei's Hsinchuang Gymnasium.
In the other Group A match, Dane Peter Gade beat his fellow countryman Jan Jorgensen 21-11, 18-21, 21-16.
It was Minh's sixth consecutive lost to Lee in international competitions, with his only win coming two years ago at the Singapore Open.
Minh will next play Gade while Lee will face Jorgensen.
The top two players from each group will advance to the semi-finals and the winner of the elite eight man tournament will take home US$40,000. — VNS
