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Hosts Vietnam were held to a 2-2 draw against Indonesia on Saturday in their opening Group A match at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship, or AFF Suzuki Cup, in Hanoi.

Vietnam secured the fourth place in the medal tally of the 4th Asian Beach Games (ABG 4- 2014) in Phuket, Thailand, with 8 gold, 11 silver and 20 bronze medals.

Toshiya Miura, coach of Vietnamese national football team expressed his worry that not many people will attend the upcoming AFF match.

The US news cable CNN has arrived in Vietnam to produce a reportage on traditional Vietnamese martial art (Vovinam).

The Vietnam national team bagged two silver and six bronze medals on November 14, ranking tenth in the Jujitsu event on the first competition day of the 2014 Asian Beach Games (ABG) in Phuket, Thailand.

The chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee has extended the suspension of six Vietnamese players from V-League's Dong Nai Club.

Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has won one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing World Weightlifting Championships 2014 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

About 250 orphans and underprivileged children will meet and play football with trainers from the Real Madrid Foundation this weekend.

V-League team Dong Thap have decided to quit the national premier tournament because of a lack of funds.

Vietnam came in second at the ASEAN Football Federation Beach Football Championships which concluded in Kuantan, Pahang Darulmakmur, Malaysia on October 29.

The Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal-JMG U21 team tasted victory for the first time after crushing Thailand's U21 team, 3-0, in the final game of the International U-21 Football Tournament yesterday.

Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh is back in the world top 20, nudging his way up to the 17th spot in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings with total points of 42,720.

Following three days of competition at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, Vietnam stands at 5 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals in the medal tally, placing ninth overall in the rankings.

Swimmer Trinh Thi Bich Nhu brought the first medal to the Vietnamese team at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on the morning of October 19 (Vietnam time).

Vietnamese weightlifters will try to secure their Olympic berths at the coming world championships to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from November 4 to 16.

As many as 29 martial artists will represent Vietnam at the 9th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, scheduled to take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico from October 30 to November 2.

Vietnam will send its men’s team of five weightlifters to compete in the 2014 IWF World Championships, scheduled to take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from November 4-16, aiming to seek early berths in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

A Vietnamese name, Phann Thanh Hau, was included on the Guardians list of promising football players, Next generation 2014: 40 best young talents in world football.

Nearly 10,000 athletes from around the globe have registered to compete in the Hanoi Martial Arts festival scheduled to take place from November 14-16 at the Cau Giay Sports Centre.