Culture - Sports

The Sanest Khanh Hoa team won the title at the 11th men's volleyball Championship -Hoa Lu Cup in Ninh Binh province after beating their Trang An Ninh Binh on March 14th.

The 2017 Men's Volleyball Championship - Hoa Lu Cup officially kicked off at the Ninh Binh Competition House on March 10, with the participation of six teams.

Foreign duo Fagan and Stevens both scored helping Hai Phong beat Quang Nam 2-0 in the eighth round of the Toyota V-League 2017 last weekend to jump up to fourth place in the provisional standings with 13 points.

A ten-member Vietnamese team is ready to compete in the 2017 Asian Cycling Championships, which is scheduled to take place from February 26th to March 2rd at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Hosts LienVietPostBank won the 2017 International Women's Volleyball Championships - LienVietPostBank Cup after defeating VTV Binh Dien Long An 3-1 in the finals on February 18.

Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam won her first round match at the FIDE Women's World Chess Championships 2017 on February 13 in Tehran, Iran.

Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19 to 27 in Sapporo, Japan, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on February 6.

Nguyen Thien Phung and Ngo Thi Thuy Dung secured seven medals for Vietnam, including four golds, at the fifth Lille Open International Taekwondo Technique Tournament, which took place in France from January 14-16.

Trinh Linh Giang has climbed up the ATP world ranking to stand at No 1,637, the ATP's announcement has revealed.

Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19 to 27 in Sapporo, Japan, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on February 6.

Vietnam's U20 football squad will attend a training camp in Germany in March, to prepare for the U20 World Cup Championship in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

National Cup winners Quang Ninh Coal downed V-League champions Hanoi FC (previously Hanoi T&T) 4-2 in the penalty shootout at Hang Day Stadium on December 29 to claim the 2016 National Super Cup together with a cash prize of VND300 million (US$13,200).

The Vietnamese men's national football team dropped five notches to 134th position in the latest world rankings released on December 22, the last rankings published by the International Football Federation (FIFA) for 2016.

Vietnam has won the men's team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

Hanoi's chess star Tran Tuan Minh brought home a silver medal at the 2016 Philippines International Chess Championship that concluded on the afternoon of December 11 after six days of competition.

Vietnam's national football team lost 1-2 to hosts Indonesia in the first leg of the semi-finals at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)'s Suzuki Cup 2016 in Bogor, Indonesia on December 3.

Vietnam will take on Indonesia in one of the two semifinals at the AFF Cup after three straight wins in the group stage put them in the first position of Group B.

Vietnam defeated Malaysia 1-0 to maintain its leading position in Group B with six points after two matches and secure a place in the semifinals of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016.

Vietnam bagged 17 gold medals at the Asian Youth, Junior Men's and Women's Weightlifting Championships, which ended on November 15 in Tokyo, Japan