• HCM City wins national swimming championships
  HCM City wins national swimming championships
  

  

  Ho Chi Minh City has taken 13 golds, 4 silvers and 13 bronzes to grab the 25m-swimming championship title at a national tournament, which closed at the My Dinh Underwater Sports Palace in Hanoi on March 19.
  20/03
• Badminton star qualifies for the Swiss Open quarter-final
  Badminton star qualifies for the Swiss Open quarter-final
  

  

  Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has reached the Swiss Open Super Series quarter-final after defeating English World No. 35 Carl Baxter 2-0 in Basel on March 18.
  19/03
• Head coach and football players to be awarded Labour Order
  Head coach and football players to be awarded Labour Order
  

  

  Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan has agreed on bestowing the Labour Order, third class, to the national men’s football team for winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2008.
  19/03
• Vietnamese women’s football leads the Southeastern Asia
  Vietnamese women’s football leads the Southeastern Asia
  

  

  There has been little change in the FIFA women’s football rankings in the first quarter this year. The Vietnamese team still leads the Southeastern Asian region and is No. 32 in the world with 1638 points.
  18/03
• Vietnamese referees named at AFC tourneys
  Vietnamese referees named at AFC tourneys
  

  Four Vietnamese referees will do duty in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League and AFC Cup tournaments this year.
  18/03

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• 2009 National Fencing Championships wrapped up in Hai Duong
  2009 National Fencing Championships wrapped up in Hai Duong
  

  The 2009 National Fencing Championships closed in Hai Duong City on December 7 with two gold medals going to the Bac Ninh men’s team and the Hai Phong women’s team, respectively in the sabre and foil events.
  07/12
• Vietnam wins two golds at World Taekwondo Champs
  Vietnam wins two golds at World Taekwondo Champs
  

  

  The World Taekwondo Championships have just concluded in Egypt with the Republic of Korea taking first place.
  07/12
• Vietnam smashes Malaysia to open the chance for semi-final
  Vietnam smashes Malaysia to open the chance for semi-final
  

  

  Vietnam’s U23 men’s football team needed to win the match against Malaysia on December 6 to secure a place in the semi-final.
  06/12
• Thailand wins Mekong-Japan Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament
  Thailand wins Mekong-Japan Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament
  

  Thailand won the championship title at the Mekong-Japan Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament after defeating Vietnam 2-0 on December 4.
  05/12
• Vietnam ease past East Timor
  Vietnam ease past East Timor
  

  

  Vietnam defeated East Timor 4-0 in the second qualifier of the SEA Games in Vientiane’s Anouvong Stadium on December 4.
  05/12