Culture - Sports

National Super Cup defending champions XM The Vissai Ninh Binh showed their great form at this year's AFC Cup by defeating Malaysia's Kelantan 4-0 at home on April 2.

The Hoa Lu Volleyball Cup is scheduled to take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh's Gymnasium on March 15-19.

Vietnamese footballers have secured the No1 place in Southeast Asia in the latest FIFA ratings - the highest position since June 2013.

Vietnam's National Super Cup winners, XM The Vissai Ninh Binh cleared Myanmar's Yangon United 3-2 in a crunch Group G encounter on Wednesday to maintain their AFC Cup winning streak.

Vietnam's national football team were named the third best side in Southeast Asia in the latest February rankings released by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Vietnam finished fourth at the seventh ASEAN Para Games in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on January 19, with a total of 48 gold, 65 silver and 75 bronze medals.

With 39 gold medals by mid-day January 18, the Vietnamese team remains in third place, following Thailand and Indonesia at the ongoing seventh ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar.

Vietnamese weightlifter Le Van Cong reached a world record of 176kg on January 16 at the ongoing seventh Para Games in Myanmar, equalling the weight lifted by a Nigerian athlete who had held the record since the 2012 London Paralympics.

The seventh ASEAN Para Games officially kicked off on January 14 at the Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar.

A team of 120 Vietnamese athletes will compete at the January 14-20 ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar.

National Cup winners XM The Vissai Ninh Binh has won the Vietnamese Super Cup 2013 after defeating V-League champions Hanoi T&T 5-4 on the penalty shoot-out.

The situation of Vietnam football in 2013 was that of a 'colourful picture'. Home fans were happy with the success of the national U-19 men's football team, but also felt disappointed at the failure of the national team at the 2015 Asian Cup qualification and the U-23 squad's poor performance at the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

The U19 international tournament 2014 in Vietnam will be held from January 6-10 at Ho Chi Minh city's Thong Nhat stadium.

Vietnam retained third place for the second time among the 11 countries competing at the 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), which came to a successful end on December 22 after eleven days of competition.

Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung on December 19 set a new men's triple jump record (16.67 metres) and brought home a gold at the on-going 27th SEA Games. The previous record was 16.51 metres.

Today continued to be a successful competition day of the Vietnam sports delegation at the 27th SEA Games as their athletes fought to bring home six additional gold medals, maintaining the country's second spot on the medal count.

Sprinter Vu Thi Huong took a gold medal for Vietnam in the women's 100m in Myanmar on December 17 after a prolonged injury and a recent ovarian cyst surgery.

Vietnamese athletes secured further success for their country after clinching four more gold medals on December 16 in track-and-field, archery, rowing and cycling at the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

Seven more gold medals were won on December 15, lifting Vietnam to third position in the SEA Games standings with a total of 36 gold, 32 silver and 41 bronze medals.