The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has selected Vietnamese referee Nguyen Hien Triet to work in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup 2016, announced the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on January 26.

 Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy won a bronze medal in the women's 52kg at the Hungary Judo Cup in Budapest on Sunday.

 The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) yesterday signed a contract with Sportradar to prevent match-fixing in the national football leagues during the 2016 season.

 Huynh Thanh Tung won a silver medal at the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships in Oshima, Japan on Sunday.

 Forty-five excellent athletes are getting special training and treatment to prepare for Olympics qualifying tourneys, the General Department of Sports and Physical Education said. 

 Phan Hoang Thai of Vietnam won a silver medal at the 23rd Asian Junior Cycling Championships in Oshima, Japan on January 22.

 Vietnamese football fans will be able to vote for the favourite players in 2015 through the internet, it was revealed in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.

 Vietnam suffered another loss in the last-round Group D match of the Asian U23 Football Championship on January 21 in Doha, Qatar.

 Le Thuy Hai on January 20 signed a one-year contract with the rich FLC Thanh Hoa.

 Midfielder Danny van Bakel, who is playing for FLC Thanh Hoa, has become a Vietnamese citizen after his application was approved early this week.

 The second Viet Nam Fitness and Dance Sport Stars Festival will be held at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi on Saturday.

 More than 220 international participants of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race set sail for Da Nang city on Monday from Whitsundays, Australia.

 V.League defending champions Becamex Binh Duong will host SCG Muangthong of Thailand during the visitors' ASEAN Tour 2016 on January 23 at HCM City's Thong Nhat Stadium.

 The 2016 Ladies Golf Championship will take place in Vietnam for the first time at the Dàlat at 1200 Country Club and Private Estate in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from March 25 to 27.

 Le Van Duan has won two awards at the national cycling tournament, Ben Tre Television Cup.

 Viet Nam lost to Australia 2-0 in the second match of Group D of the Asian U-23 Football Championship in Qatar yesterday.

 The national futsal team will play two friendly matches with Malaysia to prepare for the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship finals, which is scheduled to be held from February 10-21 in Uzbekistan.

 Vietnam could not spring the expected surprise in the first match at the Asian U-23 Football Championship in Qatar on January 14.

 Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) have signed a one-year contract with Nigerian footballer Odah Marshal to prepare for this year's football season.

 Coach Toshyia Miura of Vietnam strongly believes in his team's chances at the Asian U-23 Football Championship in Qatar.