CULTURE AND SPORT

The men football team of Vietnam dropped two steps to the 136th position in the FIFA ranking in the first month of 2017, said officials of the Vietnam Football Federation.

David Haggerty, President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), has said that Vietnam has the capacity to successfully organise the ITF Congress 2017 in August.

The Asian Football Confederation says the continent deserves to be among the chief recipients of extra World Cup places following FIFA's decision to expand the event to 48 teams.

The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 is scheduled to begin across the country at 7am on March 26, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration.

Malaysian football fans were elated Tuesday to wake up to the news that their countryman had won FIFA's goal of the year award for his extraordinary swerving free-kick.

Diminutive Lauren Davis pulled off the biggest win of her career Saturday, collecting her maiden WTA title with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Ana Konjuh in the Auckland Classic final.

16 national treasures will be displayed for the first time at the National Museum of Vietnamese History.

Three news sites in Vietnam have been fined a total VND80 million (USD3,570) for publishing articles with inappropriate content about convicted child sex offender comedian Minh Beo.

The Overseas Vietnamese World Golf Championship 2017 kicked off in Thanh Hoa province on January 4, attracting 160 expatriates from 20 countries and territories.

Pham Thanh Luong, a midfielder of Hanoi FC (previously Hanoi T&T), was named as winner of the 2016 Vietnamese Golden Ball at an awards gala in Ho Chi Minh City.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) ran an article entitled “World Cup successes inspire ambitious Vietnam” on its website on January 2 to honour the historic World Cup achievements that the Southeast Asian country attained in 2016.

The HCMC Peace and Development Foundation and Pulse Active will host the HCMC Run – The City Marathon 2017to support to people with disabilities and Agent Orange Survivors on January 14-15 in District 7, HCMC.

The Hanoi Buffaloes will take part in the Thailand Basketball Super League, which kicks off on January 7.

The Vietnam Football Federation has been fined USD38,000 after local football fans threw stones through the windows of a bus carrying the Indonesian football squad to their hotel in Hanoi earlier this month.

As many as 300 outstanding artworks reflecting typical characteristics and styles by over 160 artists across the nation will be presented at the Domino Art Fair 2017, the largest of its kind ever.

Quang Nam will host the 2017 RS: One World Championships, the sixth of its kind and Vietnam Open Windsurfing Race during Quang Nam Heritage Festival next year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

World football governing body FIFA has ranked Vietnam at No 32 in the women’s category.

The first Snow Festival opened in Sapa town in the northern province of Lao Cai as an event to celebrate Christmas Day and New Year 2017.

Vietnam’s national men’s football team ranks 134th in the latest FIFA rankings recently released.