More than 8,000 domestic and foreign runners participated in the Ho Chi Minh City Marathon 2018, which was held in the city on January 14.

 Below are some of the outstanding athletes who contributed significantly to making 2017 a fruitful year for Vietnamese sport.

Vietnamese model Thanh Hang and actor Binh Minh joined a torch bearing ceremony to promote the 2018 Winter Olympics in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 11.

 No 1 seed Vo Quoc Uy booked a berth in the final of the International Tennis Federation Asia U14&U Development Championship, Division 2, after an easy win on Friday morning in HCM City.

 Park Hang-seo is worried about the physique of his Vietnamese players when they play Australia in their second match at the Asian Football Federation U23 Championship in Kunshan, China, on January 14.

 Kyle Julius, head coach of Saigon Heat, is considered one of the most well-known names that Canadian basketball has ever had.

 Vietnamese players were ousted from the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters badminton tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

 Viet Nam lost to arch rivals South Korea 1-2 in the first match of Group D at the finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship held in China yesterday.

 Nguyen Thi Ngoan and Nguyen Thi Phuong will represent Viet Nam in Karate 1-Premier League Paris 2018, to be held in Paris from January 26-28.

The book street, next to the city’s landmark Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral, opened in January 2016 with 20 book stores of 14 publishing houses and 2 café book shops. 

Coach Park Hang-seo said Vietnam’s three rivals in Group D at the Asian U23 Championship were powerful opponents. 

  Le Tuan Minh of Viet Nam brought home a silver medal from the Laos International Open Chess Tournament which closed on Monday in Vientiane.

 Vietnam could bring some surprises at the finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, which will open in China on January 9, said an article on the Chinese sports website catjc.com.

 Saigon Heat has added two players, Maxie Esho and Michael Williams, to strengthen its line-up for the ongoing ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

 Vietnam’s football teams had an outstanding 2017 with six national teams qualifying for Asian championships and this will prove to be their achievement as well as challenge in 2018.

 Vietnam traditional martial arts (Vovinam) will be an official sport at the upcoming ASEAN University Games.

 HCM City FC made another surprise in the transfer market on January 8 when they introduced their newest player, Brazilian striker Gustavo Santos Costa.

 Vietnam’s coach Park Hang-seo on January 7 announced the names of 23 players who will compete in the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championship finals.

 Former Vietnam national team coach Toshiya Miura said he hopes to lead V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City to third place this season.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was defeated in the semi-final of the Hong Kong F6 Futures tennis tournament yesterday.