• 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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• Five more golds for Vietnam at AIG III
  Five more golds for Vietnam at AIG III
  

  

  SEA Games medallist Vu Thi Huong on October 31 defeated Khubbieva Guzel of Uzbekistan in the 60-m women’s final to take a gold medal for Vietnam.
  31/10
• AIG Chess competitions begin in Quang Ninh
  AIG Chess competitions begin in Quang Ninh
  

  About 110 male and female chess players from 18 countries and territories began their Asian Indoor Games competitions in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh on October 31.
  31/10
• Vietnam bags first two gold medals at AIG III
  Vietnam bags first two gold medals at AIG III
  

  

  Vietnamese martial artists on October 31 won first two gold medals in Vovinam competitions at Military Zone No7 Competition House in HCM City.
  31/10
• Asian Indoor Games III opens in Hanoi
  Asian Indoor Games III opens in Hanoi
  

  

  State President Nguyen Minh Triet declared the start of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games (AIG III) at its opening ceremony in Hanoi on October 30.
  30/10
• Thailand beat Japan to lead Group B
  Thailand beat Japan to lead Group B
  

  Thailand shocked onlookers by beating fancied Japan 4-2 in the much anticipated opening Group B match of the third Asian Indoor Games in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Gymnasium on October 29.
  30/10