Culture - Sports

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

Striker Nguyen Van Toan scored the decisive goal as Vietnam edged Indonesia 3-2 in a friendly match at Hanoi's My Dinh stadium on November 8.

The Royal Thai Air Force team won the title at the 10th men's volleyball Championship -HoaLu Cup in Ninh Binh province after beating their Trang An Ninh Binh on November 5th.

The 2016 Men's Volleyball Championship - Hoa Lu Cup officially kicked off at the Ninh Binh Competition House on November 2, with the participation of four teams.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) announced on October 31 that Vietnam will host one of the two ASEAN futsal championships in 2017.

The second International Judo Championship Vietnam 2016 - People's Police University Cup opened at Ton Duc Thang University Arena in Ho Chi Minh City on October 29, gathering 200 judo athletes from 14 countries and territories around the globe.