Việt Nam News

Welcome to our live blog coverage as Việt Nam take on Japan in the World Cup qualifiers. Kick-off is at 5:35PM Việt Nam time. Don’t miss a kick as Việt Nam aim to end their qualification campaign on a positive note.

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. 

April’s normally a bit of a nothing month. Little happens of note. It’s neither warm nor cold, rains a bit, sun comes out from time to time. It even starts with a day to celebrate fools, and let’s be honest, no one plans their annual holidays in April.

The SEA Games is just a short sprint away, and now is the time athletes across the country are putting in the final legwork to make sure they are fit, in peak condition, and ready for the off.

The golden boy of Vietnamese football will leave his current club Hà Nội FC next month. Nguyễn Quang Hải will become a free agent when his contract expires on April 12, sparking a race for his signature.

Team table tennis of Việt Nam has set the target of two gold medals at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in May.