Sport

Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium is undergoing its largest overhaul in years, including pitch replacement and drainage upgrades.

Bodybuilders Pham Van Mach and 22 other Vietnamese athletes have departed for Indonesia to compete at the 16th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships (WBPF) 2025.

Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has advanced to Round 4 of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 in India after securing an overall victory against American grandmaster Jeffery Xiong (Elo 2,648).

Two global icons - Ricardo Kaka and Luis Figo - arrived in HCM City on November 7 for a Legends Match, a special game held as part of the FC Pro Festival 2025 organised by EA Sports FC Online Vietnam.

The K-League Asian Youth Championship Jeju 2025 will take place from November 18 to 22 in Seogwipo, Jeju, the Republic of Korea (RoK), with Vietnam represented by U18 PVF.

Vietnam’s national futsal team will meet Thailand at the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, after being drawn into Group B alongside Thailand, Kuwait and Lebanon on November 5.

Six Vietnamese judokas are set to represent their country at the Paris World Championships Kata 2025, scheduled in France from November 4 to 11.

The training since October 2 is part of a sports cooperation agreement between Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Francophone Association for Sport (AFS).

Vietnamese athletes brought home a record 19 medals, including one gold, seven silvers, and 11 bronzes at the 2025 Asian Youth Games, which wrapped up in Bahrain on October 30.

Seventeen-year-old weightlifter Le Khanh Duy broke the Asian youth record in the clean and jerk (65kg) and secured Vietnam’s first gold medal at the 2025 Asian Youth Games on October 27 in Bahrain.

Vietnamese golfers on October 25 secured two silver medals on the third competition day of the 2025 Asian Youth Games (AYG) in Bahrain.

Taekwondo martial artists brought home one silver and two bronze medals for Vietnam at the 2025 Asian Youth Games (ASIAD Youth 2025) in Bahrain, on October 24.

Vietnam’s U22 national team will participate in the CFA Team China Panda Cup 2025, which will take place in China from November 12 to 18, as part of the preparation plan for the 33rd SEA Games.

Vietnam will send 39 Vovinam fighters to compete at the 2025 Vovinam World Championships, scheduled to take place in Bali, Indonesia, from November 1-8.

The Ministry of Public Security on October 19 broke ground on the PVF Stadium, a 60,000-seat facility featuring a state-of-the-art retractable roof, in Hung Yen Province.

The Vietnam U17 women’s football team on October 17 clinched a 1-0 victory over Hong Kong (China), securing their place in the finals of the 2026 AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup.

The 2025 Asian Rowing Championships kicked off on October 17 at the Haiphong Rowing Training Centre.

Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese and foreign athletes are set to participate in the Vietnam Highlands Trail-Lam Dong 2025, slated for November 21-22 in Dalat.

Nguyen Thi Dieu Ly and Nguyen Thi Thu will represent Vietnam in the women’s 61kg and 50kg categories to compete in the world championships qualification tournament, slated for October 17 to 19.