After a year of success, Vietnamese sportsmen are headed for a busy 2018 with a target of at least three gold medals at the most important event, Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

Việt Nam aims to earn 10 slots to compete in the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be held on October 6-18 in Argentina.

 At Việt Nam’s Golden Ball Awards, goalkeeper Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh won Best Female Player for the third time, capping the 20-year career of a woman considered one of the best goalkeepers in Vietnamese football history.

Midfielder Phan Thanh Hậu of V.League club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will play for Hải Phòng under a one-year loan contract.

Việt Nam’s strongest male badminton players will compete at the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters which is scheduled for January 9-14 in Bangkok.

The organiser, HCM City Law newspaper, has announced five candidates for the Fair Play Awards 2017.

Portugal midfielder Adrien Silva says he tried to remain positive during a long saga which came to a happy end on Monday as he completed his move to Premier League side Leicester City.

Former world No 1 Angelique Kerber put a testing 2017 behind her on Monday, kicking off the new year with a fighting singles win as Germany beat Belgium 2-1 at the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth.

Việt Nam’s Lý Hoàng Nam secured his first win of the year at the Hong Kong F6 Futures tennis tournament yesterday.

Coach Mai Đức Chung has called 24 players to prepare for the Asian Women’s Cup 2018 in Jordan.

A squad of 20 players has been listed to prepare for the Asian Futsal Championship.

Việt Nam News looks at the most 10 outstanding events of the year.

V.League side SHB Đà Nẵng have finally found a new head coach as former Long An FC coach Nguyễn Minh Phương was hired on Thursday.

Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên finished in fifth place at the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships’ rapid event on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Việt Nam's national head coach Park Hang-seo confirmed that his team would try to pull off a miracle at the upcoming Asian Football Confederation U23 Football Championship in China.

Swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên grabbed her fourth Best Athlete of the Year award after winning a vote organised yesterday in Hà Nội and HCM City.

International Master Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên continued her good performance at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Pep Guardiola refused to be drawn into a war of words with Jose Mourinho after Manchester City maintained their impressive progress towards the Premier League title.