Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam is still inside the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)’s top 500 tennis players in early 2018.

Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh was named second in the world men’s 10m air pistol rankings for January, according to the latest announcement by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

The nation’s top tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam entered the quarterfinals of Hong Kong F6 Futures tournament yesterday.

 Vietnam’s top ten athletes in 2017

 Vietnam’s strongest male badminton players will compete at the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters which is scheduled for January 9-14 in Bangkok.

Vietnam had a successful sporting 2017, and the country’s athletes hope to build on this solid foundation at the Asian Games, the AFF Cup and various domestic and international events.

 Viet Nam’s national women’s football team have been invited to play in an international four-side friendly competition in Guangzhou, China, on January 19-23.

 Pham Le Thao Nguyen achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

 The annual Binh Duong Television International Football Cup (BTV Cup) will be organised in late January instead of the customary December.

 The International Football Federation (FIFA) has recognised four Vietnamese referees as meeting its Elite 2018 level, after considering the proposals from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)’s Referee Committee.

 Vietnamese athletes won 425 gold, 301 silver and 319 bronze medals this year, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA). 

 Viet Nam will leave for China’s Asian U23 Football Championship on January 1, eight days before the tournament begins.

 FLC Thanh Hoa have introduced five new players, who were expected to help the team lift their performance at the next V.League season.

 More than 8,000 athletes from 49 countries and territories around the world are expected to partake in the HCM City Marathon 2018 which is scheduled to be held on January 14, 2018, the organizing committee said at a recent news conference.

 Vietnam has officially surpassed the Philippines to become the no. 1 football team in Southeast Asia as the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced its year-end men’s world rankings on December 21.

 Vietnamese striker Huynh Nhu is one of three players the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has warned Australia to be wary of ahead of the Asian Women’s Cup in Jordan.

 Yokohama FC defended their title after defeating Vietnam 2-0 in the final of the Thanh Nien Newspaper International U-21 Football Tournament, held on December 22 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

 Kien Giang players won the women’s doubles title at the National Best Tennis Players Tournament, Vietravel Cup 2017.  

 Former Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi of Japan will compete in the HCM City Marathon on January 14 at the invitation of the HCM City Athletics Federation.

 Vietnam jumped to the top of the ASEAN region with their No 112 ranking in the world, according to the latest ranking announced by FIFA on Thursday.