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Nguyen Thi Oanh won the women's 10,000-metre category in 34 minutes 08 seconds 54 at the on-going 2020 National Athletics Championship on Friday afternoon, breaking a 17-year record.

Hit by a coronavirus-sparked match freeze and huge pay cuts, Indonesia's out-of-work footballers have been forced to take up menial jobs like selling street food or working as security guards, with little end in sight.

The Longbien Marathon 2020 took place at Viet Hung New Urban Area in Hanoi on November 1, attracting nearly 6,000 runners from 21 countries and territories worldwide.

A countdown event for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is scheduled to be held by the General Department of Sports and Physical Training in Hanoi on November 15.

The Vietnamese men’s national football team have remained in 94th position following the release of the world rankings for October by FIFA.

Kim Hyun-tae from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will take up the position of goalkeeper coach with Vietnam’s young national football teams, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) revealed on October 23.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has refused to allow the U22 team to take part in the Toulon Tournament in France.

The organiser of Vietnam's first Formula One grand prix has decided to officially cancel the race due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some 5,500 people will join in the VPBank Hanoi Marathon ASEAN 2020 (VPHM).

The draft for Sri Lanka's upcoming Premier League tournament has been postponed, the cricket board said Thursday, as the island nation battles to contain its biggest-ever coronavirus outbreak.

Qatar will host East Zone matches for Asia's Champions League after the West Zone games were successfully staged in the Gulf state following a long coronavirus hiatus, officials said Friday.

Over 700 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the Korean Ambassador Taekwondo Cup 2020 which will be held in Thua Thien-Hue Province from October 12 to 20.

Heavy penalties have been levied on a Vietnamese female football team which refused to continue playing in a match as they opposed the referee’s decision.

On September 25, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) announced that the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 will be held from April 11 to May 8, 2021.

Three Vietnamese football clubs will take part in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup 2021, following the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) making changes to the way that teams qualify for continental competitions.

Midfielder Quang Hai’s late super volley helped his Hanoi FC make a spectacular comeback, defeating Viettel 2-1 and defending their National Cup title in the final on September 20.

There will be about 3,000 fans allowed into Hang Day Stadium on a socially-distanced basis as reigning champions Hanoi FC play city rivals Viettel FC in the final match of the 2020 National Cup on September 20.

The Vietnam Offroad PVOIL Cup 2020 (PVOIL VOC 2020) is scheduled to take place from September 26 to September 27 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the outskirts of Hanoi.

A mountaineering team including a Bahraini prince arrived in Nepal Wednesday, expedition organisers said, after officials made an exception to a coronavirus ban on foreign arrivals.