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Vietnam Football Federation has banned nine players from Vissai Ninh Binh Club from ever playing again after the exposure of a betting and match-fixing scandal.

With the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup done and dusted, the Malaysian edition of fourfourtwo.com has picked its team of the tournament, singling out Vietnamese footballers Le Cong Vinh and Pham Thanh Luong.

The Vietnam national football team has received the Fair Play Award at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup, announced the organising board on December 20.

Vietnam’s national football team has moved up one place to the 137th in the world Football Federation (FIFA) rankings for December, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Five Malaysian football fans accused of attacking Vietnamese supporters during a heated Suzuki Cup semi-final earlier this month pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, local news agency Bernama reported.

The trans-Vietnam cycling tournament or the National Defense Cup wrapped up on December 16 with ADC Vinh Long Television’s cyclist Trinh Duc Tam finishing first the last 36km race around Cao Bang city, the northern province of same name.

Vietnam's football authorities have launched an investigation into the humiliating loss of the home side to Malaysia last night at My Dinh Stadium.

Vietnam went down to a humiliating defeat against Malaysia last night at a packed My Dinh Stadium in a crucial AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final match, the national team being knocked out of cup contention.

Ticket scalpers are targeting the Vietnam-Malaysia semi final of the AFF Suzuki Cup match tonight in Hanoi, with police having arrested at least five people.

Pham Van Mach and Nguyen Van Lam earned Vietnam two gold medals at the 2014 World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship, which took place in Mumbai, India from December 5 to 10.

Hanoi Police have set up a plan to protect Malaysian players and fans during the AFF Cup 2014 match at My Dinh Stadium today after the violence in Malaysia.

The organisers of Miss Vietnam came under criticism this year for their choice to give the crown to Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, who received screeching objections to her make up.

Vietnam's national team have urged fans to remain calm at the second leg of the Suzuki Cup 2014 semi-final match on My Dinh Stadium, despite some being attacked by Malaysia supporters during the first leg at Shah Alam Stadium .

Vietnam defeated Malaysia 2-1 in the first leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final, earning the national team a VND3 billion bonus and jamming traffic in Hanoi and HMC City.

Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has hit out at local football fans who attacked Vietnamese fans during last night’s AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final.

Vietnam takes a one goal lead back to Hanoi as they trumped a lacklustre Malaysia.

The Vietnamese team are worried that the hometown crowd would again use flares and laser pointers against them in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final match in Malaysia tomorrow.

Vietnam’s top-tier football league, V-League will begin its 2015 season on January 4 with a first-round clash between reigning Becamex Binh Duong and Dong Thap at Binh Duong Stadium.

Fans are unhappy when the Vietnam Football Federation has raised ticket prices for AFF Cup matches following the success of the local side in the first round.