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The Vietnam national football team only has 20 players fit enough to travel to Japan on the evening of March 25 as the side prepares for the upcoming clash against the host team, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has said.

Vietnam finished their last home game of the 2022 World Cup Asian Qualifiers with a 1-0 loss to Oman on Thursday.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem won a place in the semi-finals of the online rapid chess tournament - the Charity Cup - after recording a solid win over David Navara of the Czech Republic on March 24.

Vietnamese boxer Le Huu Toan on March 20 outplayed his Thai opponent Kitidech Hirunsuk after 12 rounds, winning the WBA Asia Championship title in the minimum weight division.

The U23 Vietnam team comprising 28 players left Hanoi on March 19 evening for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for an international friendly tournament in late March.

The Vietnam-Japan U13 international football tournament kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 18 as part of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations ahead in 2023.

Tens of thousands of BTS fans were gathering in Seoul on Thursday for the K-Pop superstars' first live concert in South Korea since the pandemic -- although Covid regulations will prevent them from dancing or singing along.

Quang Binh Discovery Marathon-2022 will take place on March 12 and 13, kicking off the central province’s tourism season this year.

Tensions in the athlete villages, threats of competition boycotts and an eleventh-hour reversal to ban Russian athletes have marred the lead-up to Friday's opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

Vietnam earned their first AFF U23 Youth Championship title after beating Thailand 1-0 in the final match in Cambodia on February 26.

Vietnam beat Timor Leste 5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the semi-final of the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship at Morodok Techno National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday night (Feb 24), as Thanh Nhan converted the

Vietnam stormed into the semi-final round of the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-23 Championship after cruising past Thailand with a solitary goal in their last group match at Prince Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Tuesday night (Feb 22).

The Vietnamese U23 men’s football team have suffered a major setback ahead of their clash with Thai opponents in their second 2022 AFF U23 Championship match slated for February 22 evening as five more players tested positive for the SARS-CoV-virus.

A runway at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport will be closed for maintenance from Monday, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem recorded a victory over 2021 World Cup champion Jan Krzysztof Duda of Poland in the second day of the Airthings Masters online tournament.

Six more players of the Vietnamese U23 football team who are playing at the 2022 AFF U23 Championship in Cambodia have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-02 virus.

GM Le Quang Liem is scheduled to play world No1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway on February 19 at the Airthings Masters 2022 as part of the Champions Chess Tour 2022.

Four players of the Vietnamese U23 football team have been infected with COVID-19 ahead of their 2022 AFF U23 Championship group match against Singapore slated for February 19, the coaching board said on February 18.

Midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc overcame Nguyen Quang Hai and Nguyen Tien Linh to win the Vietnam Golden Ball Award 2021 for the best male football player of the year during an award ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on