• 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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• JSC sponsors HCM City’s women football team
  JSC sponsors HCM City’s women football team
  

  

  Ho Chi Minh City’s Women Football Club has received VND4.5 billion after signing a three-year sponsorship package provided by the Van Thinh Investment Joint Stock Company.
  18/11
• National Taekwondo Champs opens in Da Nang
  National Taekwondo Champs opens in Da Nang
  

  

  300 Taekwondo martial artists from 39 clubs across the country are participating at the 13th National Taekwondo Clubs Championships for Sunny Korea Cup in Central Da Nang city from November 16-19.
  16/11
• Vietnam struggles to qualify
  Vietnam struggles to qualify
  

  

  Vietnam lost 1 – 0 to Syria in their group D first leg game qualifying on Saturday, severely damaging in their chances of reaching for the final round of the Asian Cup.
  16/11
• Timetable set up for 25th SEA Games
  Timetable set up for 25th SEA Games
  

  

  The organising board of the 25th SEA Games has announced that the men’s football event will start on December 2. Vietnam’s U23 team is placed in group A with Thailand, Malaysia, East Timor and Cambodia.
  15/11
• Sprinter grabs silver at Asian Champs’ 200m event
  Sprinter grabs silver at Asian Champs’ 200m event
  

  

  Vietnam’s top athlete Vu Thi Huong finished second in the women’s 200m final with a time of 23\'.61 at the Asian Athletics Championships in Guangdong, China on November 13.
  14/11