HCM City will be showing the opening ceremony and World Cup fixtures on big screens along the pedestrian zone on Nguyen Hue Street, the municipal People’s Committee has announced.

 Former professional footballers Steve McManaman, Lois Saha and Dennis Wise will arrive in Vietnam on Friday to carry out the draw for the Caraboa Cup.

 A resident in HCMC has created a version of the 2018 FIFA World Cup mascot, Zabivaka the Wolf, out of egg shells.

 Nguyen Trong Tuan and Pham Nguyen Quoc Trung, the selected 12 year old ambassadors from Viet Nam have arrived in Moscow to participate in the Football for Friendship (F4F) Programme.

 Vietnam Television (VTV) announced on June 10 that it has signed contracts with Viettel, FPT and VNPT for the transmission of intact signals of the matches and companion programmes related to the World Cup 2018 that will be broadcast on VTV channels.

 The TV Advertising and Services Center under Vietnam Television (VTV) has announced a price list for TV commercials to be broadcast on its channels during FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

 Vietnamese athlete Huynh Thi My Tien qualified for the final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Japan yesterday.

 Esports is becoming a market of some potential in Vietnam, according to a recent report from the Appota JSC and VTVPlay.

 The Vietnam Television (VTV) has earned the right to broadcast live all 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in the country, it announced on June 8. 

 A lucky Vietnamese boy by the name of Nguyen Le Thanh Son has won the opportunity of a lifetime, as he will get to escort a football star onto the pitch at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Final in Moscow on July 15.

The Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship will kick off in northern Bac Ninh province on June 10. 

 VTV has once again denied owning the 2018 World Cup’s TV rights, despite the announcement made by Infront Sport & Media AG at 11 PM yesterday to agree to sell the rights.

 The 12th round of the 2018 V.League is expected to give fans a lot of thrills, as the leaders Hanoi FC and fourth-placed Hoang Anh Gia Lai will play away to reigning champions Quang Nam FC and second-placed Quang Ninh Coal, respectively.

 Vietnam Television (VTV) claims to have almost finalised negotiations with Infront Sports & Media for buying broadcasting rights of the upcoming World Cup 2018.

 There were no surprises on the second day of the VTF Pro Tour 3 – 3rd Open Viettravel Cup 2018 as all seeds got through their matches smoothly.

Members of the HCM City Chess Team won two gold medals at the 2018 National Chess Tournament on June 5.

 Myanmar has introduced the traditional Vietnamese martial art vovinam into the curricula of six national sport academies in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Madalay, Mon, Rayah, Shon and Sagain.

 Vietnamese football fans are planning to go to Laos and Cambodia to watch World Cup as local TV channels have not yet been able to buy World Cup broadcasting rights.

 The 11th round of the V.League last weekend saw Hanoi FC continue their unbeaten run and emerge as the champions of the first leg with two more matches to go. 

 Vietnamese first ranked racer Nguyen Thi That overtook the competition on the track, becoming the winner of the first stage of 2018’s one-day woman’s cycle race Dwars door de Westhoek, held and concluded in Belgium on Sunday (June 3).