Tìm kiếm: sports

Vietnamese male gymnasts successful wrapped up Vietnam's first official competition day at the on-going 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 20 with a gold medal in men's gymnastics team event.

ietnamese top chess player Le Quang Liem had two wins and one loss in the first day of competition at the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the United States on the morning of August 15.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nguyen Ngoc Thien, has encouraged each member of the Vietnamese sports contingent to effectively perform the role as a goodwill ambassador of Vietnam to the people of the Southeast Asian (SEA) countries.

Vietnam's no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, jumped seven places to achieve a career-best world number 23 ranking with a new elo rating of 2,739, in the latest International Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings for August 2017.

Thai Son Nam Club of Vietnam came from behind to clinch the third place in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after a 6-1 victory over Qatar's Al Rayyan in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30.

Despite a fantastic goal from crowd favourite striker Nguyen Cong Phuong, the Vietnamese football team suffered their first loss of their campaign to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in their final group match in the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championship qualifiers, in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23.

Despite historical ups and downs, artisans in Ninh Van commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province, have promoted the arts of stone carving, which have been handed down by their ancestors over many generations.

The Sarmayeh Bank (Iran) team won the title atthe 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in NinhBinhprovince after beating their Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza (Japan) on July 6th. The winning team of Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza will be participating in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Vietnam will send a sports delegation made up of 693 members to the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, taking place in Malaysia from August 11 to September 1, targeting 49-59 gold medals and a place among the top three countries in the overall medal tally.

The second Cultural, Sports and Tourism Exchange Festival for Vietnam - Laos border areas officially opened in Son La province on July 5, with Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Lao NA Chairwoman Pany Yathotu in attendence.

The 2017 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship officially kicked off at the Ninh Binh Competition House on June 28.

Northern province of Ninh Binh will host the SMM 2017 "Binh Son Refining Petrochemical" Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship onJune 28 with 13 teams vying for the top honour and the lone berth for the next year's FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Vietnam beat Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 in the fifth round match of the FIDE World Women's Team Championship in Russia on June 21.

Doan Van Hau of Vietnam has been selected in the FIFA U20 World Cup's Asian best 11 by Fox Sports Asia.

Since 2007, meritorious Artisan Pham Van Vang from Bach Lien village, Yen Thanh commune, Yen Mo district, in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has nurtured the idea of restoring the ancient local Bo Bat pottery craft, an art which had been lost for around ten centuries. With unremitting efforts, he has successfully brought these pottery products to both domestic and international markets.

Vietnam's U20 football team were defeated by Honduras 2-0 in the last match of Group E of the FIFA U20 World Cup in the Republic of Korea on May 28.

Vietnam have made history for the Southeast Asian region in the Republic of Korean FIFA U20 World Cup as they earned their first ever point after a 0-0 draw with New Zealand in Cheonan city on May 22.

Debutantes Vietnam pulled off a stunning straight-set 25-20, 25-19, 25-19 victory over Chinese Taipei to claim the historic bronze medal at the second Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship at the Mall Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand in on May 21.

Dao Thi Huong won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asia Wrestling Championships which took place from May 10-14 in New Delhi, India.

Vu Lam, a reporter from the Thoi Nay (Today) publication of Nhan Dan (The People) Newspaper, shared his journey with his friend to hand over two wild macaques to the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre (EPRC) in Ninh Binh Province.

Vietnam's swimming star Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has won two bronze medals in the women's 1,500m freestyle event and 400m individual medley on the first two days of competition at the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series in Atlanta, the US.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home a gold medal from the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships, currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

U19 Vietnam were crowned champions at the 2017 International U19 Football Tournament in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, as they beat U19 Gwangju from the Republic of Korea 2-0 on April 22.

The Vietnamese ethnic groups Cultural Days themed "Melody of mountain and forest" officially began in Hanoi on April 19, featuring cultural, arts and sport activities.

The annual Week of Ha Long Tourism 2017 will take place in the Northern coastal province of Quang Ninh from April 28 to May 7, with the decade-long traditional Carnival street festival to be replaced by an art performance.