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HCM City win swimming championship

 HCM City won the top position in the National Swimming Championship, which ended in Hanoi on Saturday.

Shiga wins Vietnam F7 Futures, F8 to begin

 No 3 seed Masato Shiga of Japan won the Vietnam Men’s Futures F7 tennis tournament after beating No 8 seed Noh Sang-woo of South Korea 6-3, 6-1 in the singles finals held in Binh Duong Province yesterday.

ASEAN futsal championships cancelled

 The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has canceled the regional futsal championship.

VN players all out of Men’s Futures

 All Vietnamese were ousted from the Vietnam's Men’s Futures F7 in Binh Duong Province yesterday.

VN wins 2 golds, 1 silver at Int'l Weightlifting Federation Youth World Champs

 Le Nguyen Quoc Bao bagged two gold medals at the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championship in Malaysia.

Two golds in King’s Cup for Vietnam

 Vietnam grabbed two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the King’s Cup Sepak Takraw (kick volleyball, a sport native to South East Asia region) World Championship in Thailand.

Vietnam world No 2 in ASEAN: FIFA

 Vietnam has jumped to the No.2 position in the Southeast Asian region as per FIFA’s October ranking, which was released on October 20.


Vietnam tie 0-0 with Iraq, advance to Asian quarter-finals

 Vietnam’s U19 football team qualified for the Asian quarter-finals for the first time as they tied 0-0 and shared one point with top-placed Iraq at the final qualifying match in Bahrain on October 20.

Luu Duc Hai to represent Vietnam at Asian chess tourney

  Chess player Luu Duc Hai will represent Vietnam at the 2016 U50 and U65 Asian Chess Championship, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training. 

HCM City swimmers shine at national champs

 HCM City athletes were successful on the first day of competitions at the National Swimming Championship in Hanoi on October 18.

Vietnamese pair have good start at VN Futures

Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien had a promising start in men’s doubles at the Vietnam Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s yesterday in Binh Duong Province.


National Swimming Championships kicks off in Hanoi

 The Vietnam National Swimming Championships 2016 officially kicked off at My Dinh National Sports Complex in Hanoi on October 18. 

Tennis: Ly Hoang Nam ranks 634th in ATP ranking

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped up 49 places in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings announced on October 17. 

Thanh Trang best women’s player in Hungary blitz

 Hoang Thanh Trang has added another feather to her cap, emerging victorious at the Hungary women’s blitz chess tournament held recently in Budapest.

Thompson wins Vietnam Open

 No 4 seed Jordan Thompson won the Vietnam Open tennis tournament which closed yesterday in HCM City.

Chonburi win VTV Cup tourney

 Supreme Chonburi club of Thailand won the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Ha Nam Province.


First Vietnamese plays at volleyball world cup

 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will be the first and only Vietnamese athlete to compete at the upcoming World Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines.

Professional martial arts centre opens in HCM City

  The Saigon Sports Club was put into operation in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 with a view to training professional young martial artists for Vietnam.

Top 10 of Miss VTV Cup 2016

The list of ten candidates for Miss VTV Cup 2016 title was announced by the organizing board of the VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup on October 13. 

Vietnamese tennis players out of Vietnam Open

 Vietnam has no athletes left at the ongoing Vietnam Open tennis tournament in HCM City.