The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will feature 38 sports and 405 events but it will not include vovinam (Việt Nam’s traditional martial art), according to a recent meeting of the hosts Malaysia and the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF).

Việt Nam will play Cambodia in the semi-final match of the ASEAN U16 Football Championships in Cambodia today.

A sending-off ceremony was organised in Hà Nội to see the Việt Nam delegation to Brazil for this Summer’s Olympic Games.

Việt Nam won a silver medal at the Southeast Asian U-19 Women’s Volleyball Championship which ended in Thailand.

Host athletes Vũ Thị Trang and Nguyễn Thùy Linh booked their berths in the second round of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament.

Another mistake by goalkeeper Bùi Tấn Trường led to a regrettable error for defending champions Becamex Bình Dương in the National Cup’s semi-final draw against Quảng Ninh Coal yesterday.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyễn Tiến Minh withdrew from the men’s singles event in the first round of the Yonex Sunrise Việt Nam Open.

Việt Nam’s top tennis player, Lý Hoàng Nam, dropped four places from world No 870 to 874 in the ATP rankings, which were released on Monday. 

HCM City won four more gold medals in the second day of competition at the National Junior Swimming Championships in HCM City yesterday.