• 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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• 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
• Laos ready for Sea Games 25 opening
  Laos ready for Sea Games 25 opening
  

  

  The Lao People’s Democratic Republic has completed all necessary preparations for the opening of the 25th Sea Games on the night of December 9, said the organising board.
  04/12
• U23 Vietnam expected to thrash U23 East Timor
  U23 Vietnam expected to thrash U23 East Timor
  

  

  The Vietnamese national team will play the U23 East Timor on December 4.
  04/12
• National Fencing Championship 2009 kicks off in Hai Duong
  National Fencing Championship 2009 kicks off in Hai Duong
  

  

  The fifth National Fencing Championship, held by the General Department of Physical Training and Sports under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hai Duong provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, kicked off at the Hai Duong provincial sport hall on December 2.
  03/12
• Taekwondo athletes win two medals at world tourney
  Taekwondo athletes win two medals at world tourney
  

  Vietnamese taekwondo martial artists won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Championships in Cairo, Egypt.
  03/12