Culture - Sports

Goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung made history as his penalty saves helped Vietnam continue their march to the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in Changzhou, China, on January 23.

Vietnam U23's made history as the team sealed a historic place in the AFC U23 Championship quarter finals for the first time.

More than 1,000 artifacts uncovered during the excavation and restoration of towers in the world heritage site of My Son sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam have been digitalised thanks to the assistance of experts from Italy and India.

2017 was seen as a successful year for the provincial sports sector since it hosted a series of successful sports and physical training activities and its athletes won various medals.

Nhan Dan Online introduces some of the outstanding athletes who contributed significantly to making 2017 a fruitful year for Vietnamese sport.

Vietnam traditional martial arts (Vovinam) will be an official sport at the upcoming ASEAN University Games.

Female goalie Dang Thi Kieu Trinh won her third Vietnamese Golden Ball Award, while Dinh Thanh Trung claimed Best Male Player of the Golden Ball Awards for the first time.

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

Vietnam's U23 team were defeated 2-3 by the RoK's Ulsan Hyundai FC in a friendly match at the Hanoi's Hang Day Stadium on December 21.

World champion Thach Kim Tuan has been nominated for the Victory Cup Award, considered Vietnam's top honour in sports.

The Men's Volleyball Championship officially kicked off on December 18 at the Ninh Binh Competition House with the participation of eight teams from eight districts in the province.

Coach Park Hang-seo of Vietnam and Zoran Jankovic of Thailand said winning a friendly tournament is not important but they want to win the third-place match on December 15 in Buriram.

The 37th Vietnam National Television Festival officially opened in Sam Son city, in the central northern province of Thanh Hoa, on December 13.

The Singaporean edition of Four Four Two magazine has named four Vietnamese players among the 25 Best Footballers in Southeast Asia, namely Anh Duc, Thanh Trung, Xuan Truong, and Van Quyet.

'Bai Choi' singing (a popular folklore style of singing in the central and south central regions of Vietnam), has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Vietnam earned one silver and one bronze medal in the women's and men's 100m breaststroke SB5 at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 in Mexico City on December 3.

Vietnamese martial artist, Truong Thi Kim Tuyen, brought home a bronze medal in the final stage of the Taekwondo Grand Prix 2017 after defeating her Turkish opponent with a score of 27-17 in the third-place match on Sunday.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was honoured with the AFC Developing Member Associations of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29.

Quang Nam FC captured the V-League trophy for the first time in the club's 20-year history after brilliantly trouncing Ho Chi Minh City 3-1 in the last round of the 2017 season at Tam Ky Stadium, on November 25.