Culture - Sports

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.

The capital will host the VIII National Sports Festival from late November to early December 2018 under a Decision recently signed by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien.

An exhibition of the portraits of APEC member economies' leaders, made by combining different pieces of pottery from the southern province of Dong Nai, will be held from November 18th-21st at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, No.66 Nguyen Thai Hoc street, Hanoi.

Vietnam topped the Southeast Asian (SEA) Age Group Swimming Championship, which concluded at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex Swimming Pool in Brunei on November 12.

Vietnam have made it through to the 2018 AFC U19 Championship finals with one game in hand, after edging out hosts Chinese Taipei 2-1 in their second Group H match of the qualification tournament on November 6.

The rapid chess competition of the World Youth U14, U16, U18 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2017 concluded in Greece, on the evening of October 29 (local time), with Ngo Duc Tri and Nguyen Anh Khoi sealing two gold medals for Vietnam in spectacular style.

Vietnam's national futsal team finished third at the International Futsal Tournament, which concluded on October 22 in Changshu City, Jiangshu province, China.

Vietnamese sport has successfully realised the set goal of finishing in the top three nations on the medal standings at the recent 29th Southeast Asian (TTVN) Games in Malaysia. However, alongside the positive results in a number of sporting events, there still remain the failures that need to be seriously addressed by the sport sector, in an effort towards the 2018 Asian Games (Asiad), slated for next August in Indonesia.

Vietnam have won four gold, two silver, and two bronze medals at the World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

"Hot girl" Duong Thuy Vi brought home the first gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia on October 1, after overcoming 16 competitors to take the top honour in the women's Qiangshu event.

The week-long ninth ASEAN Para Games wrapped up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 23 evening.

Top female Muay fighter Bui Yen Ly added a gold medal to Vietnam's tally at the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017) in Turkmenistan, on September 21.

The ninth ASEAN Para Games opened at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the night of September 17.

The 2017 International Dance Festival officially opened in the northern province of Ninh Binh on the evening of September 16, promising to amaze dance lovers with the unique styles of dance from the participating countries.

Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Thi Ngoan has won a historic gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League in Leipzig, Germany.

An International Dance Festival will be held in the northern province of Ninh Binh from Septemper 16 to 22 with the participation of 25 art troupes, including 15 foreign troupes and 10 domestic ones.

The Vietnam Television (VTV) International Cycling Tournament - Ton Hoa Sen Cup 2017 kicked off at the King Ly Thai To flower garden in Hanoi on September 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 5 met with and presented gifts to outstanding trainers and athletes who have come back from the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia.