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Quách Thị Lan has made Olympic history after she advanced to the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals this morning in Tokyo.

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien finished last in the women’s 800m freestyle at the ongoing Olympic Tokyo 2020 on July 29, ending her journey at the event.

Head coach Park Hang-seo on July 27 sent the Vietnam Football Federation a list of footballers who will join an upcoming training session of the U22’s team to prepare for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh beat her French rival Qi Xuefei in the group qualification round of women's singles on July 24 morning on the first official competing day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Vietnamese athletes begin competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 23.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming

The government has given the nod to allow the national football team play their home matches in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in the country, instead of neutral grounds as planned.

The Vietnamese men’s U23 national team are planning to hold two training camps in preparation for 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers between October 23 and 31.

Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will play Dutch GM Benjamin Bok in the quarterfinals of the Banter Blitz Cup online chess tournament on July 5.

Judo martial artist Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy has received a berth at the Olympic Games later this month, making her Việt Nam's 17th athlete to secure a spot at the event in Tokyo.

Vietnam are pooled in Group B alongside Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, China and Oman in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, revealed at online draw held in Malaysia on July 1.

Italy overcame stubborn Austria 2-1 in extra-time at Wembley on Saturday to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals as Denmark breezed through by hammering Wales 4-0.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be rolled out by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for matches in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers this September, including Vietnam’s games.

Vietnam were placed in the No. 6 seed group, together with Lebanon, among six seed groups for the upcoming draw of the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s third Asian qualifiers.

The national football team have returned to Vietnam after securing a spot in the next round of the World Cup Qualifiers 2022.

Vietnam will send a 19-member delegation to the Tokyo Paralympics in the near future, said deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Hong Minh.

Vietnam have secured their maiden progression into the final round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers as one of the four best group runners-up despite conceding a 2-3 defeat against the UAE in their last Group G match.

The world football governing body FIFA believes that the Vietnamese team has a huge opportunity to maintain their first place in Group G in the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, thereby winning their historic

Boxer Nguyễn Thị Tâm is expected to earn a ticket to compete in the women’s 51kg category at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.