Việt Nam will aim for top spot in taekwondo at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hà Nội this May.

Despite being out of running for a place at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Việt Nam captain Đỗ Hùng Dũng still sees the final qualifying match against Japan as an opportunity to make a statement.

In a revealing interview with zingnews.vn, Petrovic expressed his astonishment that the V.League 1 is taking a four-month break to allow the national team and U23 national team to prepare for international competitions.

The Việt Nam national team will be without their top scorer, one of their core centre backs and their trusty translator before their last match in the World Cup qualifiers against Japan in Saitama on Tuesday.

Hoàng Nguyên Thanh defended his title while Hoàng Thị Ngọc Hoa was back to her best at the national Tiền Phong Newspaper Marathon organised in Côn Đảo Island, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province on Sunday.

Nguyễn Văn Phúc will compete in the 42.195km category of the Tiền Phong Marathon National Championship 2022 this weekend - at the age of 70 years young.