Five young masters from Vietnam grabbed gold medals in the blitz chess event at the ongoing Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championships underway in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Vietnam’s U17 football team beat their Cambodian peers 4-0 in a friendly match in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 21.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam defeated Edward Bourchier of Australia 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Thailand F3 Futures tennis tournament on June 21.

More than 100 amateur cyclists will partake in the Son Tra Mountain race on Sunday (June 25) promoting the protection of the red-shanked douc langur in the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

 The National U17 Football Championship will be kicked off on June 29 with Dong Thap playing Sanatech Khanh Hoa in the opening match at the Thong Nhat Stadium.

 HCM City has signed striker Dominique Da Sylva to prepare for the second leg of the V.League 1.

 Vietnam suffered their third loss at the FIDE World Women’s Team Championship yesterday in Russia.

 Nguyen Hoang Thien was ousted from Thailand F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after losing to the hosts’ Teeradon Tortrakul on June 20.

Vietnamese player Bao Tram defeated her Chinese rival Tan Zhongyi in the third round of FIDE Women’s Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on June 19.

 Quang Ninh Coal FC have signed Russian-born American striker Rod Dyachenko for the second leg of the national premier league season.

 Lai Gia Thanh brought home one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing IWF Junior World Championships in Japan.

 The Vietnamese sports team is due to compete in 32 out of 38 evens at the 29th SEA Games (SEA Games 29) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August. 

 Indonesia beat Chinese Taipei 11-0 in the last-round match to win the International U15 Football Tournament, which concluded in Da Nang on June 18.

 Viet Nam grabbed one win and one loss after the first two matches at the ongoing FIDE Women’s Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

 Nguyen Van Thong championed the Ballantine’s International Cup golf tournament in HCM City on Thursday and won a ticket to compete at the Pro-Ams Scottish Open in Scotland in July.

 Viet Nam claimed a silver and a bronze medal at the 23rd South East Asia Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Singapore on Thursday.

 SHB Da Nang trounced Quang Ninh Coal 3-0 in the first leg of the National Cup’s quarter-finals yesterday.

 Vietnam drew 1-1 with Indonesia in the second round match of the four-side International U15 Football Tournament on June 16 in the central city of Da Nang.

 Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam qualified for the final of the PTT - ITF Junior Grade 5 tennis tournament in Thailand on June 16.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation co-organised a cultural and sports exchange event in Phnom Penh on June 16.