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Vietnam has applied to host the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in 2021, two year's earlier than had been planned.

Vietnamese athletes have won 140 medals, including 62 gold, 43 silver and 35 bronze, in 25 international tournaments during the first three months of this year, said the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam continued with his winning streak at the Indonesia F1 Futures tennis tournament, easy defeating host player Anthony Susanto 6-3, 6-1 yesterday in Tarakan City.

Vietnam are heading to Qatar for the AFC U23 Championship finals after crushing Macau 7-0 in their last Group I match at the Shah Alam Stadium in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 31.

Manager Toshiya Miura has urged Vietnamese players to practice on their straight shots to prepare for their match against Macau today during the AFC U23 Championship qualifier in Malaysia.

Former number one Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 100 for the first time in his career as he continues his battle against injuries and loss of form.

For India's female badminton champion Saina Nehwal, newly crowned world number one, it's been a tough climb to the top in a patriarchal country that has long neglected women athletes.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 2-1 in the first match of Group I in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) U23 Championship Qualifier yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.

Coach Toshiya Miura says Vietnam's national U23 team is primed to face Malaysia in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification match in Kuala Lumpur today.

The 12th ASEAN Taekwondo Federation Championships kicked off at the Lanh Binh Thang Sporting Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23, attracting a record number of athletes.

Yamaha Motor Vietnam has officialy launched its “Yamaha – For the Future of Vietnam Football” 2015 programme.

Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam claimed the championship title of the boys’ singles event of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (I) ITF Junior Tennis tournament in Malaysia after defeating the Republic of Korea's Chan Yeong Oh.

Vietnam’s premier tennis player Ly Hoang Nam made it through to the semifinals of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (I) ITF Junior Tennis Championship (Grade 1) after outplaying Chinese Wu Yibing in their quarterfinal match in Kuching, Malaysia.

Vietnamese martial artist Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has won a gold medal at the ongoing World Martial Arts Council Games 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnamese top seed player Le Quang Liem on March 14 defeated Laylo Darwin of the Philippines in the Zone 3.3 qualifying round of the World Chess Championships 2015 in HCM City to secure a berth in the upcoming Chess

Vietnam's national U23 team will meet U23 Uzbekistan in a friendly match in HCM City today in preparation for the 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers.

As many as 296 badminton players from 17 countries and territories around the world will be competing for top honours at the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2015 at Cau Giay gymnasium in Hanoi from March 17 to 22.

Both Vietnam’s Olympic (or Under-23) football team and its Indonesian counterpart are looking for a win as they lock horns in a friendly match at the My Dinh Stadium on March 9.

Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam has advanced to the final round of the Chang Thailand Junior G1 boys singles finals ongoing in Thailand with a victory over Australia’s Marc Polmans.