Việt Nam News

 Petr Novotny of the Cezch Republic won the 100km event at the Việt Nam Mountain Marathon, which closed in Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai yesterday.

Quảng Ninh Coal tied Hà Nội T&T in a 4-4 match during the National Cup final, first leg, on Saturday at Cẩm Phả Stadium.

National team players gathered yesterday in HCM City, kicking off their preparations for the ASEAN Football Federation Cup in November.

Futsal players to gather for regional competition

Vietnamese Phan Thị Phương bagged the first gold medal for Việt Nam in the fifth Asian Beach Games after beating her teammate Nguyễn Huyền Trang 3-0 in the women’s Fairway single final woodball yesterday.

National U23 team member Huỳnh Tấn Tài scored a billion-đồng goal to help Long An stay in the V. League next season.

An international cycling tournament will kick off today in Lào Cai Province.

Coach Phan Thanh Hùng of Quảng Ninh Coal says he will not let Hà Nội T&T win the second trophy when the two teams meet today in the National Cup final’s first leg match.

Player Trần Long Vũ has decided to retire after a successful Futsal World Cup in Colombia.

The Main Media Centre including International Broadcasting Centre and Main Press Centre of the 5^th Asian Beach Games officially put into operation yesterday, providing location for over 600 reporters and journalists with the best facilities.

Khudyakov Vitaliy of Kazakhastan won the first gold medal at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5) after finishing first in the men’s 10km marathon swimming race in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

Vietnamese Nguyễn Kế Nhơn and his teammates bagged three bronze medals for Việt Nam in Muay Thai in the fifth Asian Beach Games yesterday.

Lý Hoàng Nam has gone through to the semi-finals of the Việt Nam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after beating Fujii Shinta 7-5, 6-2 yesterday in Bình Dương Province.

HCM City Wing defeated Saigon Heat 92-73 in their first meet at the Việt Nam Basketball Association League at the Hồ Xuân Hương Gymnasium on September 21.

The national futsal squad arrived home yesterday and received a bonus of VNĐ1.5 billion (US$66,700) for their effort at the ongoing World Cup in Colombia.

Second seed David Goffin eased into the ATP Metz Open quarter-finals but French third and fourth seeds Lucas Pouille and Gilles Simon were made to struggle on Thursday.

Olympian Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa won the women’s individual epee title at the National Fencing Championship on September 21 in Hà Nội.

V.League side Cần Thơ have extended their contract with coach Vũ Quang Bảo and the foreign players after the 2016 tournament ended last weekend.