Culture - Sports

Vietnam secured 12 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze medals to rank first at the fourth Southeast Asia Karatedo championship which has wrapped up in Vientiane, Laos.

The Trang An Ninh Binh team won the title at the 9th men's volleyball Championship - HoaLu Cup in Ninh Binh province after beating their The Cong Army Corp 15 on March 21.

The Ninh Binh provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organize the 2015 Men's Volleyball Championship - Hoa Lu Cup from March 18-21.

The 2015 Olympic Day Run for public health will be simultaneously organised at 7am in provinces and cities across the country on March 22, hoping to receive an enthusiastic response from millions of people.

Vo Huy Toan scored once as Vietnam's Olympic (U-23) football team (Olympic Vietnam) edged out Olympic Indonesia 1-0 in their international friendly match at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on March 9.

Thousands of visitors flock to Nam Dinh province's Tran Temple for the famous seal opening ceremony which opened on the 14th night of the first lunar month (March 4).

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan experienced an extremely successful year in 2014 with prolific achievements, both at home and abroad, all at the young age of 20.

The Vietnam men's national football team jumped four places to 133rd position in the world and now ranked 19th in Asia, according to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for January 2015 announced on January 8.

The 2014 season officially wrapped up with a host of memorable highlights for Vietnamese football, both positive and negative. Let's take a look back at the major talking points of national football in 2014.

The 7th National Games was officially kicked off in Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh city, northern Nam Dinh province on December 6.

Vietnam scored a 2-1 victory over the host Malaysia on December 7 during the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup's semi-final first leg match in Selangor.

Judoka Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy from Ninh Binh province won the women's 52kg category gold medal at the 2014 National Sport Tournament held in Nam Dinh province, on December, 3.

The 2014 Trans-Vietnam Cycling Race - National Defence Cup officially opened in Ca Mau city, southern Ca Mau province on December 2, with the first stage covering 180 kilometres from the southernmost locality to Can Tho city.

The second Asian Para Games wrapped up in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on October 24, with Vietnam ranking tenth in the medal standings.

Weightlifter Le Van Cong brought home the first gold medal to the Vietnamese team and set a new world record at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on October 19.

Vietnam held China to a 1-1 draw in the last group C match at the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship in Yangon, Myanmar, on October 13.

Vietnamese Karateka Nguyen Thanh Duy was awarded a bronze medal on October 3 at the Asian Games in the Republic of Korea.

Nguyen Anh Khoi from Ho Chi Minh city bagged a gold medal in the U12 boys' event at the World Youth Chess Championship 2014 held in Durban, South Africa.

Vietnam won two silver medals in cycling and athletics on day 10 of the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) in Incheon, raising their medal tally to 30 - one gold, nine silver and 20 bronze.