Vietnam lost both its matches at the classification round of the Asian Women’s Senior Volleyball Championship being held in the Philippines.

Vietnam will send seven young golfers, of average age 18, to take part in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Vietnam’s track and field athletes have departed for Malaysia to participate in the 29th SEA Games.

 SEA Games 29: in figures

 Vietnam’s female footballers are aiming for gold at the 29th Southeast Asian Games, said Coach Mai Duc Chung on August 13 as he arrived in Malaysia for the event.

 Vietnamese men’s futsal team’s head coach Miguel Rodrigo announced a list of 14 players who will compete at SEA Games 29 in Malaysia, this morning.

 Vietnam’s swimming team will participate in the 29th SEA Games with their largest force ever, including 25 members, targeting to surpass the impressive results achieved at the previous Games in Singapore.

 Fencer Vu Thanh An has been chosen to hold the national flag for the Vietnam sport delegation at the opening ceremony of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 19.

The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC (PVF) won the National U15 Football Championship after beating Viettel 2-0 in the final match at Tay Ninh Stadium on Saturday. 

 Vietnam lost to Kazakhstan 25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 20-25 in the Pool E of the SMM 19th Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship at Alonte Sports Arena in the Philippines yesterday.

Twenty-five golfers will play in the final round of the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Viet Nam 2017 (WAGC) following their victory at the northern region qualifying round.

Athletics is one of the key sports that could bag gold medals for Vietnam team at SEA Games. The athletes aim to win between 10 and 12 gold medals at upcoming 19th SEA Games.

 Hosts HCM City finished on top of the National Junior Chinese Chess Championship which closed yesterday.

 Two stones found at a construction site in Quang Ngai City last week are vestiges of a complex of Cham towers that used to stand in the area more than a millennia ago, officials believe.

As many as 100 43-inch smart TVs, worth over $70,400 in total, will be awarded to Vietnamese gold medalists at the SEA Games 29 to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from August 19-30. 

Vietnam suffered their first defeat at the Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship’s preliminary round, losing 23-25, 19-25, 25-17, 22-25 to the Republic of Korea in Pool C, in the Philippines on August 11.

The second Asian Ju-jitsu championships opened at the Quan Ngua Sports Complex in Hanoi on August 12, attracting more than 300 athletes from across the region. 

 Overcoming psychological barrier when encountering the Thai team in the opening match would allow the Vietnamese national women’s futsal team to dream of a gold medal at the 29th Southeast Asia Games.

 Vietnam secured their second win at the Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship, beating New Zealand 25-11, 25-12, 25-8 in the preliminary round.

 The national men’s hockey team set a goal to win a gold medal at the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia to heighten the sport’s position in Vietnam.