Sports

Vietnamese karate athletes satisfactorily finished their competition at the Southeast Asia Karate Championship 2023 with 23 golden medals.

Vietnam women's national beach handball team became the Asian beach handball champion in 2023.

A ceremony to honor typical coaches and athletes and outstanding coaches and athletes with disabilities nationwide in 2022 took place at the Hanoi Opera House in the capital city of Hanoi on March 19.

Martial arts trainers hoped to discover potential talents in Wushu at the HCMC Student Sports Tournament 2023 to form a team of talented athletes for the city.

The Vietnamese national taekwondo team came home on May 14 as the top performer at the 16th ASEAN Taekwondo Championship in the Philippines.

Leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation and Norwegian Football Federation co-signed a cooperation agreement on community football development in the period 2023-2026.

Tran Thi Doan Trang bagged a bronze medal for Vietnam in the women’s monobob event at the Asian Championships held by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) in PyeongChang, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 12.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, on March 8, confirmed the cessation of greyhound racing at Lam Son Stadium, located at 15 Le Loi Street, Ward 1, Vung Tau City.

Nguyen Thuy Trang has brought the first gold medal to Vietnam at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup 2023 held in Indonesia from March 1-10.

The Vietnamese U23 team is set to showcase their style under new coach Philippe Troussier at Doha Cup 2023 friendly tournament, which will be held in Qatar from March 22-28.

Vietnam will send six female referees to the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification at an invitation of the Asian Football Confederation.

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and Vietnam Young Talent Assistance Foundation announced a list of ten outstanding young Vietnamese faces and ten promising young faces in 2022.

Vietnam U20s have gone top of Group B after a late goal from Nguyen Van Truong secured a 2-1 win over Qatar in their second match of the AFC U20 Asian Cup on Saturday night.

The second Chefs de Mission Meeting of the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is likely to take place in Cambodia on March 5 under online form.

Some 7,000 runners, including 300 international marathoners, will participate in the 5th Dalat Ultra Trail (DUT) 2023 which will take place in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from March 3-5.

Vietnam’s U20 football team on February 28 spent one hour getting used to Istiglol stadium in Uzbekistan’s Fegana City where they will play their first match in the 2023 AFC U20 Asian Cup finals on March 1 afternoon.

Vietnamese martial artists are set to showcase their skills in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 32, where they will compete in the traditional Cambodian martial art of bokator.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) officially signed a contract with French coach Philippe Troussier who will become the new head coach of Vietnam’s national football team.

Huynh Nhu received her 5th Golden Ball, becoming the female player with the most Golden Ball awards in the 27-year history of the award on the evening of February 25, at Ben Thanh Theater in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Footballer Nguyen Van Quyet who plays as a striker for the Hanoi FC and Vietnam national football team won the Golden Ball in the category of male football at the awarding ceremony organized in HCMC on February 25.