Culture - Sports

Three Ninh Binh artists have received the titles -- the People's Artist and the Meritorious Artist during the eighth awarding occasion.

Vietnam jumped a place from December 2015 to 146th in the FIFA rankings issued for January 2016.

Vietnamese athletes with disabilities have shattered 16 records at the 8th ASEAN Para Games, which is taking place in Singapore from December 3.

Vietnam will send a delegation of 153 members to the 2015 ASEAN Para Games, to be held in Singapore from December 3 to 9, targeting to make the top three in the overall medal tally.

The 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Football Championship (AFC) is set to take place next year in Vietnam, as approved by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced.

Thailand beat Vietnam 3-0 to lead the group F in the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium on October 13.

Becamex Binh Duong held onto their V.League 1 trophy in style, with a brilliant 4-2 victory over Dong Thap in the final round match of tournament on September 20.

Trang An Ninh Binh volleyball club, which represented Vietnam, has claimed the11th position at the 2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in Taiwan (China).

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien went down in Vietnam's swimming history after earning the country's first-ever medal at a global competition—the FINA Swimming World Cup 2015 held in Moscow, Russia.

Vietnam's tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam has reached another milestone in his illustrious sports career by reaching the semi-finals of the boys' doubles at Wimbledon.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 23 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to honour the Vietnamese sporting delegation's achievements at the recent 28th SEA Games and present Labour Orders to outstanding athletes.

Vietnam tasted a successful SEA Games in Singapore winning a total of 73 gold, 53 silver and 60 bronze medals, settling for third place in the overall medal standings.

Archeological excavations at Noi Lam valley in the ancien tVu Lam palace insideTrang An Landscape complex, Ninh Binh province, have uncovered thousands of artifacts and relics believed to hold significant historical values.

Judoka Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy from Ninh Binh province won the women's 52kg category gold medal at the on going SEA Games 28 held in Singapore, on June 6.

Wushu martial artists Hoang Van Cao and Nguyen Van Tai secured two gold medals on Monday night, wrapping up a prolific day of competition for the wushu team with a total of three gold medals.

Substitute Thanh Hien scored the one goal needed to help Vietnam defeat Laos with a narrow 1-0 score in their third Group B match of the 28th SEA Games at Bishan Stadium on Thursday night.

Fencer Nguyen Tien Nhat became the first Vietnamese gold medalist at the 28th SEA Games after overcoming Lim Wei Wen of Singapore 15-8 in the men's individual epee final on June 3 afternoon.

Young Vietnamese-German Bui Ngoc Han Julia earned the highest place at the U12 Chess Championships in Dresden, Germany, scoring 6 points, just half a point higher thanher rivals Melanie Mudder and Elizabeth Kublanov.

Playing with great determination, the ten-man Vietnamese team were unable to overtake their familiar rival Thailand in the opener of the 2018 World Cup second qualification round of Group F yesterday in Bangkok.