The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Annual General Meeting 2017, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 1-4, focused on sketching out the ITF strategic vision towards 2024.

 Wushu will remain one of Vietnam’s strongest sports at the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

 Vietnamese businessman Mai Huu Tin has been voted the president of the World Vovinam Federation from 2017 to 2022.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province yesterday.

 A huge contingent of 681 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 32 of 38 sporting events at the upcoming SEA Games 29.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen seven places, from No 30 to No 23, in FIDE’s world rankings for men in August, his top ranking so far.

Saigon Heat have strengthened their team by signing on giant player Darius Lewis to prepare for the second edition of the Viet Nam Basketball Association league.

 Vietnamese striker Nguyen Cong Phuong has been selected as one of five best potential J.League strikers in Southeast Asia by the prestigious website foxsportsasia.com.

 More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will race on August 6 in the annual Manulife Danang International Marathon, one of the biggest sport events in central Vietnam.

 Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in 10-12 categories with the aim of earning 8-10 gold medals at the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

 Vietnam lost to Qatar 18-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25 to finish 10th in the 2017 Asian Men’s Senior Volleyball Championship at Surabaya, Indonesia, on July 31.

 Vietnam will take part in the fifth World Vovinam Championship scheduled to be held in India on August 2-5.

 Young pop star Son Tung M-TP has won the SBS Pop Asia 2017’s Best Solo Release presented by SBS PopAsia, an Australian music radio programme that broadcasts recent Asian pop hits online and on radio.

The 2,500 year-old board game of Go has become popular in Vietnam, partly thanks to Go clubs which gather Go lovers from every social strata. The Vietnam – RoK Go club is no exception. 

 Vietnamese top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the qualifying round of her strong category -- the women’s 400m medley category of the FINA World Championships.

 Thai Son Nam Club of Vietnam came from behind to clinch the third place in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after a 6-1 victory over Qatar’s Al Rayyan in HCM City on July 30.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam triumphed in the women’s 51kg muay Thai category at the World Games in Poland on July 30.

 The national under-22’s Vietnamese football team secured a 1-0 victory over an All-Star team from the Republic of Korea in a friendly match at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on July 27.

 Vietnam’s participation in the Southeast Asian Games is only its second time yet; however, the team, including local and overseas Vietnamese, is expected to make a big bang in Malaysia.

 Tran Quyet Chien advanced to the men’s carom 3-cushion quarter-finals at the World Games in Wroclaw, Poland.