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Cong Phuong’s late goal earned Vietnam three points in their opening match against U19 Australia of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Nuti Food U19 Cup taking place in Hanoi on September 5.

Dominant performance and straight-set win sent top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh to the third round of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam GP Open.

The U19 Australian team arrived in Hanoi on September in preparation for the Nutifood Cup opening match with U19 Vietnam on September 5.

The Vietnam U-19 football team will challenge themselves at the 2014 Southeast Asian (SEA) U-19 Championship, hosted in Vietnam from September 5-13, which is considered a perfect warm-up for the team ahead of their Asian U-19 finals campaign.

More than 600 athletes from nearly 30 countries and territories took part in an international marathon competition in the central city of Danang on August 31.

Twenty drivers gathered their specially modified stock cars at the starting line of the country’s largest off-road race, which kicked off the holiday week-end on Aug 30 and runs until Sep 2, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

The Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2014 is set to get underway in Ho Chi Minh City on September 1, the organizing board announced on August 27.

Vissai Ninh Binh FC’s 1-0 win over Hong Kong league champions Leg Kitchee on the second leg match on August 26 could not help the Vietnamese Cup holders enter the semi-finals of AFC Cup 2014 due to their 2-4

Midfielder Van Son’s only goal helped U19 Vietnam overwhelm U19 Thailand in a dramatic match of the ASEAN Youth Football Championship in Brunei on August 20, earning them a ticket to the final game against Myanmar.

Midfield player Dong Trieu will not play in the Vietnamese U19 team's match with Thailand in the Southeast Asian U22 Football Championship in Brunei today.

Vietnam has advanced to the semi-final round of the ASEAN Youth Football Championships in Brunei after defeating Cambodia 3-0 and taking the top place in Group B.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien lived up to expectations as she brought home the Women’s 200m Medley gold medal on August 17, the first gold for Vietnam at the ongoing second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and also Vietnam’s

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has revealed 298 candidates have signed up to participate in the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.

Japanese coach Toshiya Miura has chosen 26 players for the Vietnamese football team to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Football Championship- 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.

A delegation of 13 athletes on August 13 leaves for China to represent Vietnam at the second edition of the global competition for junior athletes - the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

The Vietnamese men’s chess team has moved up 15 notches to 17th place at the 2014 Chess Olympiad taking place in the Norwegian city of Tromso after defeating Peru 3.5-0.5 in the ninth round on August 12.

Doan Ngoc Hao of the Vietnam national futsal team has been hit with a two-year ban for a doping offence, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced.

The draw for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup was held at the Sheraton hotel in Hanoi on August 5.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has suspended nine players of The Vissai Ninh Binh FC for their alleged engagement in an AFC Cup 2014 match-fixing scandal.