Vietnamese shooters are striving to bring home three gold medals at the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia from August 19-31.

Vietnam athletes today will leave for the 2017 Summer Universiade, the world sport games for students which will be organised in Chinese Taipei from August 19-30.

Vietnam lost to Japan 22-25, 21-25, 16-25 in the quarter-final round of the SMM 19th Asian Women’s Senior Volleyball Championship held in the Philippines on August 15.

Vietnam’s U22 football team defeated Timor-Leste 4-0 in the first opening match of Group B of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Malaysia on August 15.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Shooting Federation on Tuesday, August 15, announced it would pay the shooting team a cash incentive of US$11,400 (VND300 million) if it wins more medals than any other team at SEA Games 29.

VOV.VN - U22 Vietnam and fans arrived at Selayang Stadium in Malaysia on Tuesday, August 15, amid tight security with only hours to go before the start of the big game with Timor Leste.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has won victory on the first day of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Recap tourney of 2017 Grand Chess Tour held in the US. 

Vietnam lost both its matches at the classification round of the Asian Women’s Senior Volleyball Championship being held in the Philippines.

Vietnam hope to beat Thailand to take gold at the women’s football event of the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to Duong Vu Lam, head of the women’s football operational staff.

VOV.VN - Following is the starting line-up for the Vietnam U22 squad at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. The squad will face Timor Leste U22 in their first match in Malaysia at 3pm (local time) on August 15.  

The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 19 to 31. Let’s take a look at some of the interesting features that make the 2017 version of the Games so special.

Vietnamese coach Nguyen Huu Thang said that the Vietnam national football team was determined to win the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games title this year.

Vietnam’s female footballers are aiming for gold at the 29th Southeast Asian Games, said Coach Mai Duc Chung on August 13 as he arrived in Malaysia for the event.

VOV.VN- Athletics is one of the key sports that could bag gold medals for Vietnam team at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). The athletes aim to win between 10 and 12 gold medals at upcoming 19th SEA Games to be held in Malaysia from August 19 to 31. 

The second Asian Ju-jitsu championships opened at the Quan Ngua Sports Complex in Hanoi on August 12, attracting more than 300 athletes from across the region.

Vietnam suffered their first defeat at the Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship’s preliminary round, losing 23-25, 19-25, 25-17, 22-25 to the Republic of Korea in Pool C, in the Philippines on August 11.

VOV.VN - The U22 squad suffered this week from a series of glitches at training camp in Malaysia.

VOV.VN - Thanh Hoa’s biggest golf tournament returns this weekend as the AMD Golf Challenge 2017 (August 11-13) has gotten underway at the FLC Samson Golf Links.

The Vietnamese taekwondo teams will be closely watched during the upcoming SEA Games in Malaysia, with the artists expected to win at least four gold medals.

Overcoming psychological barrier when encountering the Thai team in the opening match would allow the Vietnamese national women’s futsal team to dream of a gold medal at the 29th Southeast Asia Games.

The national men’s hockey team set a goal to win a gold medal at the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia to heighten the sport’s position in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Rainy conditions kept the U22 football team off the practice fields on Friday, August 11, moving it inside their hotel in Malaysia where Coach Thang began putting together his final plan of attack for SEA Games 29.

VOV.VN - The International Federation of Football Association has announced that Vietnam’s national football squad dropped one notch to No 134, in the August world rankings. 

Midfielder Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung has been featured on the FIFA home page, in an article in which the world football governing agency appreciates her scoring skills.

Vietnam beat Sri Lanka 25-12, 25-14, 25-17 in the first match of the Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship’s preliminary round in the Philippines on August 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese taekwondo artists hope that hard training under the guidance of a Korean expert at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi in the lead-up to SEA Games 29 will pay off in a treasure trove of medals.

VOV.VN - Seven Vietnamese cueists on August 9 stormed into the semi-finals round of the Verhoeven Open, a three-cushion billiards tournament held annually in Flushing, Queens, New York, according to the Vnexpress online newspaper.

August 9 was a bad day for Ly Hoang Nam as he lost in both his singles and doubles events at the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province.

The National Traditional Martial Arts Championship will be held in Nghe An Province on August 11-15.

The Vietnam Offroad Cup (VOC) 2017 returns next month to Dong Mo, Son Tay Town, Hanoi.