• 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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• 2009 ASEAN futsal championship kicks off
  2009 ASEAN futsal championship kicks off
  

  

  The Vietnamese team has won its first victory at the 2009 ASEAN Futsal Championship, which opened at the Phu Tho competition hall in Ho Chi Minh City on June 8.
  09/06
• Vietnamese swimmer brings home third gold
  Vietnamese swimmer brings home third gold
  

  Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thuy Duong has a hat-trick of gold medals from girls under-17 breaststroke events at the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championship in Malaysia.
  09/06
• 4th SEA Junior Athletics Championships concludes
  4th SEA Junior Athletics Championships concludes
  

  

  Thailand ranked first while Vietnam came second at the fourth SEA Junior Athletics Championships held in Ho Chi Minh City from June 6-7.
  08/06
• Two major golf tournaments to tee off
  Two major golf tournaments to tee off
  

  

  About 124 golf players will attend two major tournaments – the 2009 Vietnam Amateur Open Golf Tournament and the 2009 National Women’s Championships.
  04/06
• Vietnam to host youth athletics
  Vietnam to host youth athletics
  

  

  The 4th Southeast Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held in Vietnam this weekend (June 6-7) will attract 198 athletes from nine countries, except Philippines and East Timor.
  04/06