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Viet Nam will compete in the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships to be held in Taipei City Stadium on May 27-28.

Thao to be sole Vietnamese athlete at Asian Grand Prix

The Viet Nam Athletics Federation (VAF) has announced that Do Thi Thao will be the only Vietnamese athlete to compete at the upcoming Asian Grand Prix in Thailand.

Athletes to take part in paragliding accuracy quest

Three Vietnamese athletes will take part in the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup in Indonesia tomorrow (April 26).

Hoang wins stage at HCM City Cup

Cyclist Phan Thai Hoang of Dong Thap completed the eighth stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Cup with a time of 1h 13min 50sec yesterday.

VN athletes win places at 2014 Summer Youth Games

Vietnamese athletes have earned three tickets to compete at the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in China next year.

Thuy Dung wins Thailand Tour

Nguyen Thuy Dung made Vietnamese cycling history by taking the leader's yellow jersey at the Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup Women's Tour of Thailand today.

Junior weightlifters to compete in world event

Vietnamese athletes will test their skills at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships beginning on Saturday in Uzbekistan.

Brave athletes set to race the Jungle Marathon in Viet Nam

Jungle Marathon Viet Nam, an endurance race covering a total length of 240km, will be held in the central city of Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province from May 31 to June 9, a race volunteer Mai Nguyen Dinh Huy told Viet Nam News yesterday.

Six Vietnamese athletes to take part in Asian Grand Prix

The Asian Athletics Association has invited six Vietnamese athletes to compete at the upcoming Asian Grand Prix.

Thanh wins gold at Challenge Cup in Germany

Male gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh won gold on the parallel bars in the Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany, yesterday.

National running tournament ends

The 54th national cross-country running and semi-marathon tournament wrapped up yesterday in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Hightlight

Disabled speaker inspires audience

More than 2,500 people attended a talk by Nick Vujicic, an inspirational speaker without arms and legs, at the White Palace Conference Centre in HCM City's Tan Binh District yesterday.

Crane accident leads to major power cut

A two-hour power failure caused by an incident on the 500kV north-south transmission line hindered road traffic in many southern provinces and HCM City yesterday afternoon.

Spread of hand-foot-mouth disease concerns hospitals

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD) is now at its peak, having infected a total of 796 children in HCM City in April, an increase of 127 per cent against the same period last year.

US steel producers make dumping claim

After welded steel pipes and steel wire garment hangers, now welded stainless pressure pipe from Viet Nam continue to face charges of dumping in the US.