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Vietnam will have to play Malaysia in the first leg of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur without several of the team's best players.

Vietnam is to host the “home” game of the Philippines against Indonesia in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16.

Vietnam booked themselves a place in the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup as Nguyen Vu Phong's solitary strike earned the team a 1-0 win over Singapore.

VN can definitely defeat Singapore at the decisive game today in the last round of group B of the Suzuki Cup, according to Mai Duc Chung.

The Prime Minister recently ratified the national sports development strategy by 2020.

Philippines pulled off one of the biggest shocks in the history of the AFF Suzuki Cup with a 2-0 win over defending champions Vietnam.

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.