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Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Thạch Kim Tuấn defeated Trần Lê Quốc Toàn to win three gold medals at the men’s 56kg category of the National Weightlifting Championship.

New national football head coach Park Hang-seo wants to push Vietnam into the world top 100 during his two-year reign.

The door is wide open for Vietnam to the 2019 Asian Cup finals as the team trounced Cambodia 5-0 during their clash under the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup qualification in Hanoi on October 10.

Top Vietnamese bodybuilder Pham Van Mach took the men's 55kg crown at the on-going World Bodybuilding and Physique Championships in Mongolia.

Vietnam’s veteran shooter, Hoang Xuan Vinh, retained his position at the top of the world men’s 10m air pistol rankings for October, which was recently announced by the International Shooting Federation (ISSF).

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the U19 squad to win a berth at the final of the Asian championship next year.

Vietnam’s veteran gymnast, Pham Phuoc Hung, has successfully performed a new skill in the men’s still rings at the ongoing 2017 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada.

Duong Thuy Vi brought home the first gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia on October 1, after overcoming 16 competitors to take the top honour in the women’s Qiangshu event.

More than 1,000 people joined the 44th Hanoimoi Newspaper Open Running Tournament for Peace on October 1 around Hoan Kiem Lake.

The Vietnam Football Federation has named the former coach of the South Korea U23 team Park Hang Seo as new coach for the national team.

Ho Chi Minh City will organise its first ever international marathon on November 26, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of the municipal Department of Tourism said.

The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat kicked off its first ever eSports competition as global interest surges in video games as a spectator sport.

Vietnam won a total of 161 medals, including 40 gold, standing fourth in the medal tally after seven competition days of the ninth ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia.

Vietnamese football fans, for the first time in the country, have a chance to meet German National Cup and football legend Joerg Heinrich during his visit to the country.

Former coach of Thailand national football team, Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang, is set to meet with leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation to talk about taking over the vacant position as coach of the Vietnam national team.

Yen Bai is ready to host paragliding festival while Sapa will welcome marathon runners from September 22 to 24.

The ninth ASEAN Para Games opened at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the night of September 17.

Japanese Sota Hara and Thailand’s Pujyanuch Prachayanipon won the men’s and women’s Hội An International Marathon in the ancient coastal city on Sunday.

Some 1,500 amateur, semi-professional, and professional runners from around the world are expected to set out from Hoai River Square on September 17 for The Hoi An International Marathon 2017.