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Fresh from winning the 2026 Premier League Pool, Duong Quoc Hoang has travelled to Las Vegas to compete at the 2026 Predator WPA Teams 10-Ball World Championship which kicked off on February 25.

Two representatives, Tran Quyet Chien and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, will compete for Vietnam as defending runners-up at the 2026 World Team 3-Cushion Championship in Germany.

Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang defeated Spain’s Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 7-4 in the Premier League Pool 2026 final, becoming the first Asian champion in the tournament’s history.

Vietnam is drumming up global attention with the construction of the Trong Dong (Bronze Drum) Stadium, a 135,000-seat venue that, once completed, will become the largest stadium in the world.

Vietnam women’s volleyball team enter 2026 with a packed schedule of major international tournaments.

The Vietnam women’s futsal team arrived in Narita, Japan, on the morning of February 16, officially beginning an important training camp in preparation for the ASEAN Women’s Futsal Championship 2026.

Vietnam’s U23 team will not take part in a friendly tournament in China in March 2026, contrary to earlier reports.

Vietnam will become the first country to host the SEA Esports Nation Cup (SNC), a national team–based regional championship owned and developed by the Southeast Asian Esports Federation (SEAEF).

Vietnam has been granted the hosting rights for the Asian DanceSport Championship 2026, with the event scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 9 to 12.

Vietnam secured another podium finish at the ongoing 2026 Asian Rifle & Pistol Championships in India with a bronze medal in the men’s 50 m pistol team event on February 7.

A green diamond-shaped indoor arena has drawn attention in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, with an investment of more than VND 120 billion (USD 4,562).

Vietnam’s chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has moved up one place to 17th in the latest world rankings released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), according to the February 2026 list.

Vietnam’s futsal team lost 3-2 to hosts Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026 on February 3, bringing their campaign to an early end.

Hoang Nguyen Thanh will represent Vietnam at the Tokyo Marathon 2026, one of the six World Marathon Majors, scheduled for March 1 in Japan.

Vietnam’s futsal team fell 0-1 to Thailand futsal team in their final Group B match of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 31.

Vietnam has been selected by the Asian Wrestling Federation to host the 2026 U17 and U23 Asian Wrestling Championships, marking the second time the country will stage the continental youth event.

Vietnam secured a 2-0 victory over Lebanon in their second Group B match of AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026 on January 29, putting them on the brink of an early quarter-final berth.

President Luong Cuong has signed a decision, approving Vietnamese citizenship for Patrik Le Giang, a Slovakian national who is currently playing as a goalkeeper for HCM City Police FC.

AFC has announced disciplinary action against forward Nguyen Dinh Bac following the red card he received in the third-place playoff match against South Korea U23 at the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2026.