Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been listed in Top 5 nominees for Young Player of the Year in Southeast Asian Football Awards selected by FourFourTwo.

 Vietnam plans to host the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship in 2020.

All four Vietnamese athletes named in the Association Tennis Professionals list have increased their world ranking this week.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has entered the world top 20 for the first time in his career in this week’s ranking.

 Viet Nam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s ball and competition jersey, which are gifts of the national U23 football team, will be auctioned and the money will be donated to the poor.

 Saigon Heat beat Hong Kong Eastern 118-115 at their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on home turf at the CIS Arena in HCM City on Sunday.

 Vietnam came from behind to beat hosts Chinese Taipei 3-1 for a berth in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship on February 5.

 Bui Thi Thu Thao brought home a gold medal in the eighth Asian Indoor Athletics Championship, which wrapped up at the Aftab-e Enqhelab Stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday.

Around 25,000 fans holding national flags and wearing red colour T-shirts with yellow star flocked to Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 10 to join an exchange with Vietnam’s U23 team on February 4.

Becamex Binh Duong beat Vasco da Gama of Brazil in the final at Go Dau Stadium on February 4 to take the International Football Tournament – Binh Duong Television (BTV) Cup.

 The Ha Giang International Marathon Race, called ‘Running on the Road of Happiness’, is scheduled for April 30, the event’s organising board has announced.

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyễn Quang Hải’s goal against Uzbekistan in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship was voted the best goal of the tournament by fans on the AFC website.

No 1 seed duo Ly Hoang Nam and Trinh Linh Giang won the men’s doubles at the Viet Nam Tennis Federation (VTF) Pro Tour 1. 

Vietnam’s futsal team lost to Malaysia 1-2 in their opening Group A match at the AFC Futsal Championship in Taipei (China) on February 1. 

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is on the brink of winning the “Best Goal” award at the AFC U23 Championship 2018, with his goals against Qatar (semifinal) and Uzbekistan (final) currently accounting for approximately 90% of the votes.

 A charity running competition entitled ‘Run Against Cancer’, aiming to support cancer patients will be held on Sunday at Thong Nhat Park.  

The Bike Shop will host the Tri An Lake Sunday Ride Tour from 6.30am to 3.30pm on Sunday, February 4.

 FLC Thanh Hoa lost to Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-5 in the AFC Champions League play-offs in South Korea on January 30.

 V.League 1 newcomers Nam Dinh have signed Trinidadian forward Neil Benjamin ahead of the upcoming football season.

 Viet Nam has sent a team of three athletes to participate in the eighth Asian Indoor Athletics Championship, which will kick off at Aftab-e Enqhelab Stadium in Tehran, Iran, today.