Việt Nam News

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.

Việt Nam’s Sanna Khánh Hòa failed to earn a ticket to compete in the AFC Futsal Club Championship’s semi-final after losing 2-6 to Dibba Al Hissin SCC of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the quarter-final match at Bangkok Arena yesterday.

The National U17 Football Championship will see the largest number of participants who are expected to bring exciting matches for football lovers next month.

Việt Nam’s track-and-field squad have received remarkable support from sponsors to improve their skills in 2016.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee recently issued a plan to celebrate the Áo Dài Festival at the Thăng Long-Hà Nội Preservation Centre from October 14 to 16.

The ITF U18 junior tennis tournament began on July 18 in HCM City’s Phú Thọ tennis club.

Five golfers from the southern region will play in the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Vietnam 2016 (WAGC) final round, following a qualifying round held in Bình Dương Province.

Việt Nam easily defeated Singapore 3-0 in the last Group A match of the ASEAN U16 Football Championships in Cambodia this morning (July 18).

Two debutants, Sanna Khánh Hòa FC and Dibba Al Hissin SCC, will play each other in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship’s quarter-finals today.

Both sides are eyeing a place in the last four.

The final round of National Football Tournament for teenagers kicked off yesterday in the northern province of Thái Bình.