Vietnam crushed Uzbekistan 3-0 in the opening Group Women’s U23 Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

 Dao Thi Huong won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asia Wrestling Championships which took place from May 10-14 in New Delhi, India. 

 Vietnam play Thailand in their first match at the high stakes Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Championship on May 13.

 Tran Tuan Minh grabbed his second gold medal at the Asian Junior U20 Chess Championships, which closed in Iran on May 10.

 Ho Chi Minh City will host the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup for the third time in a row from May 22-28.

 Truong Quoc Dung is the only referee from Vietnam invited to participate in the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship.

 Vietnam beat Uzbekistan 4-1 in a friendly match that was considered both sides’ warm-up for the coming Asian Football Confederation Futsal U20 Championship, yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped six places to No. 586 in the world in the latest ATP rankings for men’s tennis singles, published on Monday (May 8).

 The first-ever Olympic gold medal gained by top shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh has opened up new hopes for Vietnamese sports on regional and world arenas. 

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to set up a boat racing club at West Lake, as part of plans to promote tourism in the area in particular and the capital in general.

 Sixteen volleyball players have been called for training to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be organised in Malaysia in August.

 The Vietnam U20 football team is eagerly looking forward to its friendly match with their Argentinean counterparts, who have won the world U20 title six times, team captain Nguyen Quang Hai said on May 9.

 Thailand and Myanmar won their first match at the ASEAN Football Federation U15 Girls’ Championship yesterday in Laos.

 Argentina’s U-20 squad arrived at HCM City on Monday, receiving a warm welcome from local supporters, the media, and their fellow countrymen in the city.

 Vietnam ended the Southeast Asian Karate Federation Championships with 22 gold medals and was ranked second behind hosts Indonesia in the medal tally.

 Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien pocketed two silver medals at the Arena Pro Swim Series 2017, in Atlanta, the US, on May 4-7.

 Vietnam bagged a total of three gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the World Taekwondo Beach Championships in Greece. 

 China won the Tuan Chau-Asian Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament at Tuan Chau international entertainment zone, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 7.

 Tim Van Berkel of Australia and Anna Eberhardt of Hungary won the men’s and women’s professional titles at the Ironman 70.3 Vietnam 2017 contest in central Da Nang city on May 7.

 Sixteen volleyball players have been called for training to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be organised in Malaysia in August.