Vietnamese female karate martial artist Nguyen Thi Ngoan now ranks among the world’s top 10 best female karate athletes, in the 61kg category, the World Karate Federation has announced.

Vietnam was defeated by hosts Myanmar 2-1 in the last match of group B of the AFF U18 Championship September 13 at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, knocking the team out of the tournament.

Jan Paul Morales won the 11th stage of the VTV International Cycling Tournament, or Ton Hoa Sen Cup September 13.

Vietnam aims to win eight gold medals at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) to be held in Turkmenistan on September 17-27.

Loic Desriac of the team Bike Life VDC triumphed September 12 in the 10th stage of the VTV International Cycling Tournament, or Ton Hoa Sen Cup.

An international rugby 10-a-side tournament, the Saigon Rugby 10s, will be held at the RMIT University, District 7, HCM City on September 16-17.

Exports of coconut-based products are sluggish due to challenges and difficulties facing the coconut processing industry and coconut cultivation, according to the Bến Tre Province Agricultural Promotion Centre.

Importing used cars with nine seats and less will become harder if a proposal to raise used car tariffs is approved by the Government. In fact, the proposed import tax rate is double its current level and would make used cars more expensive than new ones.

Nguyen Thi Ngoan of Vietnam won a gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League in Halle/Leipzig, which closed September 10 in Germany.

Even as Singapore’s Pang Xue Jie walked away in disappointment, the Vietnamese athletes hugged each other excitedly.