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Russia and the tiny Gulf state of Qatar have scored stunning victories in the battle for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

A 7-1 slaughter of Myanmar at My Dinh Stadium was a stunning statement of intent in the start of Vietnam's title defence.

AFF Cup defending champions Vietnam will attend this year tournament with lot of pressures as they are in a group with very strong teams.

The Vietnam football team has been awarded the Labour Order, Third Class, for winning the ASEAN Football Championship-AFF-Suzuki Cup two years ago.

Vietnam won another bronze medal on Nov. 26, closing the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD) with one gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals.

Vietnamese martial artist Le Bich Phuong defeated world champion Kobayashi Miki in the women’s karate competition.

The silver medal at the 16th Asian Games was earned by track and field athlete Truong Thanh Hang at the women’s 1,500m final.

Vu Thi Huong finished third in the women’s 100m sprint, but it was not enough to satisfy Vietnam’s desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian games.

Vietnam has won 11 silvers and 11 bronzes at the 16th Asian Games after seven days of competition, ranking 20th in the medal tally as by Nov. 19.

Vietnam will attend the 2010 Rainforest Challenge, the first time that the country will join an event of this kind.

Three martial artists won silver medals in their final matches of the wushu sanshou competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. 

The Vietnamese delegation snagged an additional four medals, raising its total to five at the 16th Asian Games.

Defending champions Vietnam will be deprived of their two key frontmen for the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup tournament.

Vietnamese wushu artist Nguyen Manh Quyen snagged the first medal for Vietnam on the second day of the 16th Asian Games.

Vietnam in Group B of the Asian Games football tournament reached the last 16 on Saturday in China’s Guangzhou despite of their 0-1 defeat to Iran.

The 16th Asian Games opened in central Guangzhou on Friday in a blaze of pyrotechnics as China staged the biggest sporting gala since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Le Quy Phuong, Head of the Vietnamese mission to the 16th ASIAD games, shared the team's confidence with DTiNews.

Vietnam will send a 14-strong team to the 10th Pattaya Traditional Boat Race Festival - Thai Royal Cups.

Vietnam upset Bahrain 3-1 in their first match of the Asian Games in China’s Guangzhou Monday.