• 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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• Vietnam to participate in first Asian Martial Arts Games
  Vietnam to participate in first Asian Martial Arts Games
  

  Vietnam has registered to take part in the first Asian Martial Arts Games with 40 athletes competing in Taekwondo, Karate, Pencak Silat, Wushu, Judo and Muay.
  02/04
• 32 teams compete in National Wushu Champs
  32 teams compete in National Wushu Champs
  

  The 2009 National Wushu Championships began at the Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31 with the participation of 32 teams from cities, provinces and agencies across the country.
  01/04
• US youth promote education via sports
  US youth promote education via sports
  

  Student-athletes from leading universities in the US will take part in a programme to popularize higher education through sports at schools in Vietnam’s rural, disadvantaged areas.
  01/04
• Vietnam to host 2009 AFC U14 Women Football Festival
  Vietnam to host 2009 AFC U14 Women Football Festival
  

  8 members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) including Australia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and the home country Vietnam will take part in the Festival from June 17-30.
  31/03
• Vietnamese in Russia holds table-tennis tourney
  Vietnamese in Russia holds table-tennis tourney
  

  A table-tennis tournament was held at the Pokrovka club in Moscow on March 29, drawing nearly 50 Vietnamese diplomats, businesspeople and students living in Russia.
  30/03