• 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
• Outstanding Vietnamese athletes to be honoured
  Outstanding Vietnamese athletes to be honoured
  

  

  Outstanding Vietnamese athletes, including Vu Thi Huong, Truong Thanh Hang, Doan Kien Quoc, Nguyen Manh Tuong and Nguyen Hoai Thu, will be honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on the evening of March 26.
  14/03

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• Grandmaster Liem dominates Vietnam Chess Open Tourney
  Grandmaster Liem dominates Vietnam Chess Open Tourney
  

  After beating top Indian chess player Ashwin Jayaram in the 6th match on December 6, Vietnam’s International Grandmaster Le Quang Liem is very close to the championship title.
  08/12
• Vietnamese athletes arrive in Vientiane
  Vietnamese athletes arrive in Vientiane
  

  

  A Vietnamese delegation of nearly 80 athletes arrived in Vientiane on December 7 for the 25th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25), aiming to win between 60-70 gold medals.
  08/12
• Vietnam battles it out in Russian martial arts tourney
  Vietnam battles it out in Russian martial arts tourney
  

  A number of Vietnamese martial artists have completed their events in an international martial arts tournament in Moscow, Russia.
  08/12
• Da Lat golf course voted best in Vietnam
  Da Lat golf course voted best in Vietnam
  

  

  The Da Lat Palace Golf Club in the central province of Lam Dong won the Best Course in Vietnam award for the second consecutive year after a vote organised by Vietnam Golf magazine.
  08/12
• 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