Quảng Bình representative Nguyễn Huy Hoàng defeated Southeast Asian Games winner Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn in the men’s 400m individual medley event at the National Swimming Championships in HCM City on Thursday.

 Nguyen Van Phuong and teammate Trinh Linh Giang won the National Tennis Championships’ men’s team event for Becamex Binh Duong yesterday in HCM City.

 More than 7,000 runners will take part in the first HCM City Marathon on January 14, The event hass been renamed from the annual HCM City Run held since 2013.

 Veteran Vietnamese bodybuilder Pham Van Mach won a gold medal at the ongoing World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Vietnamese swimming enjoyed a fruitful 29th SEA Games, with young talents Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (21 years old), Nguyen Huy Hoang (17) and Nguyen Huu Kim Son (15) securing 10 gold medals and breaking five records.

 A new skill of Vietnamese gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung was recognised by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) at the 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 in Montreal, Canada.

 Vietnam ended their title drought at the world event, winning a gold medal in sanda (combat) at the World Wushu Championships, which closed in Kazan, Russia, on October 3.

 Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh remains world No. 1 in the men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)’s ​October rankings.

 Vietnam’s veteran gymnast, Pham Phuoc Hung, has successfully performed a new skill in the men’s still rings at the ongoing 2017 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada.

 Cao Khac Dat added a silver medal to Viet Nam’s bag at the World Wushu Championship in Kazan, Russia, yesterday.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the U19 squad to win a berth at the final of the Asian championship next year.

 Ly Hoang Nam won his first singles match at the Thailand F7 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Nonthaburi Province.

 The 2017 National Tennis Championship for the Vietravel Cup has begun at HCM City’s Phu Tho Club.

The National Swimming Championship is scheduled to start tomorrow at Phu Thọ swimming club in HCM City.

 Ly Hoang Nam  will take part in the Thailand Men’s Futures F7 which began yesterday in Nonthaburi Province.

 Vietnam brought home four gold medals from the Canada Open taekwondo tournament, which closed on October 1 in Montreal.

 Thang Long Warriors grabbed their fifth win of the tournament, beating Cantho Catfish 79-67 on their home turf at the Hanoi's University of Education Gymnasium.

 Duong Thuy Vi of Vietnam championed the women’s qiangshu (performance with spear) event at the ongoing World Wushu Championship in Kazan, Russia.

 The national squad will undergo a month-long training for the 2018 Asian U19 Championship qualification, which will be organised in November in Chinese Taipei.

Thirty-five-year-old-swimmer Ha Van Hiep burst into tears when he received a gold medal for the men’s SB3 50m breaststroke at the ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia, his first international gold after 10 years of hard training.