Yanmar Co., Ltd, of Japan will continue to be the main sponsor of the Vietnam national football team until March 2018.

 After six decades of competing in the Olympics, Vietnam boasts its first ever gold medal thanks to shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh who won the men's 10m air pistol at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

 Vietnamese swimmers, weightlifters and gymnasts failed to perform to their standards on the second day of the Rio Olympics, August 7 (local time). 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to congratulate the Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Games and shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh in particular over the gold medal Vietnam has ever won after six decades of competing in the Olympics. 

 Major press outlets and news agencies around the world have run articles showing their surprise and admiration for Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, who secured Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Olympics arena on August 8 (Vietnamese time).

 Vietnam ranked sixth in the medal tally of the Rio 2016 Olympics on the first day, August 6 (local time), after marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the historic gold medal. 

As the 2016 Summer Olympics approaches, Vietnam will be watching the 23 Vietnamese athletes heading to Rio to compete against the rest of the world.

 The National Off Road Cycling Tournament for amateurs, Vietnam MTB Series, is scheduled to kick off on August 14 in the National Culture History Park in HCM City.

Vietnamese pair Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien were eliminated from the Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures tournament in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday.

Around 4,000 runners from 35 countries worldwide participated in the fourth Da Nang International Marathon hosted by the central city of Da Nang on August 6. 

 Vietnam came out on top at the Asia Cup 1 Rowing Championships which finished in Singapore early this week.

Vietnam’s no. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh captured the men’s 10m air pistol gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in the early morning of August 7, thus ending the country’s long-standing thirst for a first Olympic gold.

 Vietnam aims to win one or two medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with highest hope pinned on weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan and Vuong Thi Huyen and marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh. 

 The Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament is scheduled to kick off on August 13 in Phu Quoc District in the southern province of Kien Giang.

 Duong Vu Lam wants to complain to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) about the Myanmar referee who supervised the AFF Women’s Football Championship final on August 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past few days, Thien Hung Pagoda in the central province of Binh Dinh welcomed hundreds of local and foreign martial arts practitioners, who came for the 6th International Festival of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts.

 Seven of the best Vietnamese golfers have been selected to compete in the Asian Mercedes Trophy 2016 tournament’s final round on August 9-12 in Australia.

 Thailand won the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Football Championship after beating Vietnam 7-6 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw in regular time and extra-time yesterday.

 Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien entered the men’s doubles semi-final of Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday.

Ly Hoang Nam was stopped at the Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after losing 4-6, 5-7 to No 6 seed Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia yesterday in Binh Duong Province.