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A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Japan Football Association (JFA) in Hanoi on July 11, opening up many opportunities for bilateral football co-operation in the future.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Tien Minh defeated Indian rival Chetan Anand on July 9, advancing to the third round of the 2014 US YONEX Open Badminton Championships.

The second event of the "Chess for Girls " series takes place in Ho Chi Minh City during July 2-7.

Two-time winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will head to Beijing this week to compete at the International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in China.

Vietnam won three bronze medals in the age group event at the ongoing World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and World Age Group competitions from June 23-29 in Cancun, Mexico.

The second Vietnam Mountain Marathon will kick off in September expecting to attract a large number of global participants.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) teams are heading for their first World Cup blank in 24 years, with Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran all failing to muster a single victory in Brazil so far.

International grand master Le Quang Liem mustered only a fourth place finish in the blitz chess at the 2014 World Blitz and Rapid Championships which drew to a close in Dubai on June 20.

Top Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on June 19 won a treasure trove of gold medals at the ongoing Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Singapore.

Two Vietnamese athletes earned gold medals in the Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships which kicked off in Singapore on June 17.

Bagging a total of 20 gold, 22 silver and 25 bronze medals, Vietnam defended its championship title at the 15th ASEAN + Age-Group Chess Championships 2014, which concluded in Macau, China, on June 11.

Vietnamese mermaid Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on June 8 set three new records at the ongoing 38th Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in Singapore.

Vietnamese chess champ Le Quang Liem - FIDE 2721 - has been selected as Asia’s best blitz chess player 2013 by the Asian Chess Federation.

Vietnam's national football team has dropped seven places to No 123 in the June rankings, the International Federation of Association Football announced.

An increasing number of clubs have been threatening to leave the V-League, and fans place blame on both the clubs and their organisers for being unprofessional.

Top Vietnamese swimmers Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc will compete in the 38th Southeast Asian (SEA) Age-Group Swimming Championship, which started on June 6 in Singapore.

World elite badminton athlete Nguyen Tien Minh has maintained his position in the top 10, although he has dropped in the rankings by a remarkable number of points.

Iwashimizu Azusa buried the winning goal in the final moments of the second 15-minute extra time to help Japan edge out China 2-1 in the semi-final match at the AFC Women's Asian Cup yesterday at Thong Nhat Stadium in

Two terrible mistakes from captain Le Thi Thuong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh handed Thailand a 2-1 victory over the home team Vietnam in the fifth-place play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup last night.