• 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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• Atletico Madrid to play in Vietnam
  Atletico Madrid to play in Vietnam
  

  

  Spain’s football team Atletico Madrid will come to Hanoi in the next summer, said the AS newspaper on November 24.
  25/11
• Athletic team expects golds at SEA Games
  Athletic team expects golds at SEA Games
  

  

  Vietnam is aiming to win at least six gold medals in athletics at the 25th Southeast Asian Games this December in Laos.
  25/11
• Special tour of Laos, Thailand to cheer on Vietnamese footballers
  Special tour of Laos, Thailand to cheer on Vietnamese footballers
  

  

  The tourist company Vietravel Hanoi has launched two tours of Laos and Thailand for Vietnamese football supporters going to enjoy the 25th SEA Games, scheduled for next month in Vientiane.
  25/11
• Vietnam falls in the “group of death” at Asian Champs
  Vietnam falls in the “group of death” at Asian Champs
  

  

  The national women’s football team will play against an array of strong teams in Group B in the final round of the Asian Women’s Football Championship in China from May 19-30 next year.
  24/11
• Vietnam move up in FIFA world ranking
  Vietnam move up in FIFA world ranking
  

  

  Vietnam jumped four places in FIFA’s November ranking after its good performances during the month.
  24/11