• 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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• Tottenham FC to play a friendly game in Hanoi in May
  Tottenham FC to play a friendly game in Hanoi in May
  

  

  The UK’s Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is scheduled to pay a visit to Hanoi and play a friendly match with the Vietnamese national team at My Dinh National Stadium in May.
  25/03
• HCM City ready for the third Asian Indoor Games
  HCM City ready for the third Asian Indoor Games
  

  

  The organising board of the third Asian Indoor Games announced on March 24 that Ho Chi Minh City will host eight sporting events from October 30 to November 8.
  25/03
• Son, Cham take Golden Balls
  Son, Cham take Golden Balls
  

  

  National team goalkeeper Duong Hong Son and striker Do Thi Ngoc Cham on March 23 won their first Golden Ball awards for outstanding contributions to Vietnamese men’s and women’s football in the year 2008.
  24/03
• National Petanque Championship to kick off on March 24
  National Petanque Championship to kick off on March 24
  

  

  More than 100 athletes from 10 teams nationwide will participate in the National Petanque Championship, to be held at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi from March 24-31.
  21/03
• Vietnamese referees named to AFC
  Vietnamese referees named to AFC
  

  

  First Vietnamese referees have been named to the board of referees for the 2009 Asian Football Confederation tournaments.
  21/03