Liem in 2nd draw at Grandmaster tourney
Liem in 2nd draw at Grandmaster tourney

Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem tied Ding Liren in the second match of the Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament in China on July 10.

Liem in 2nd draw at Grandmaster tourney
Quoc Nguyen takes 2nd at 2017 UMB World Cup Porto
Quoc Nguyen takes 2nd at 2017 UMB World Cup Porto

VOV.VN - The 2017 World Cup Porto ended in an all-Asian final as the top European players were each eliminated before the penultimate round. 

Quoc Nguyen takes 2nd at 2017 UMB World Cup Porto
Quang Liem earns draw with Ponomariov in Danzhou Super - GM 2017
Quang Liem earns draw with Ponomariov in Danzhou Super - GM 2017

VOV.VN - Vietnam grandmaster Le Quang Liem has earned a draw with Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine at the ongoing Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament in China. 

Quang Liem earns draw with Ponomariov in Danzhou Super - GM 2017
25 golfers through to WAGC final round
25 golfers through to WAGC final round

Twenty-five golfers in the southern region have earned tickets to compete in the final round of the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) Vietnam 2017.

25 golfers through to WAGC final round
Huyen wins gold at Asian athletic event
Huyen wins gold at Asian athletic event

Nguyen Thi Huyen took home a gold medal from the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India on July 8.

Huyen wins gold at Asian athletic event
Vietnam to face Thailand in SEA Games group B
Vietnam to face Thailand in SEA Games group B

Vietnam is in Group B of the men’s football event in the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to the official draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 8. 

Vietnam to face Thailand in SEA Games group B
Vietnam’s Grandmaster Liem to compete in US Rapid Blitz event
Vietnam’s Grandmaster Liem to compete in US Rapid Blitz event

Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem has been invited by Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to participate in the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on August 14 - 18.

Vietnam’s Grandmaster Liem to compete in US Rapid Blitz event
Int’l cycling race closes in Lao Cai
Int’l cycling race closes in Lao Cai

An international cycling race joined by Vietnamese and Chinese cyclists wrapped up in Lao Cai city, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on July 9 after the two days of competition. 

Int’l cycling race closes in Lao Cai
Sarmayeh Bank win Asian volleyball championship title
Sarmayeh Bank win Asian volleyball championship title

Sarmayeh Bank of Iran triumphed in the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship after defeating Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza of Japan in the final showdown on July 6.

Sarmayeh Bank win Asian volleyball championship title
Thu Thao narrowly wins long jump gold medal
Thu Thao narrowly wins long jump gold medal

VOV.VN - Bui Thi Thu Thao won the women’s long jump gold medal by the smallest of margins today (July 7) at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships ongoing in the city of Odisha, India.

Thu Thao narrowly wins long jump gold medal
Vietnam football drops two notches in FIFA rankings
Vietnam football drops two notches in FIFA rankings

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s national football squad has fallen two notches from a month earlier, ranking 133rd with 231 points in the latest FIFA rankings, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced on July 6.

Vietnam football drops two notches in FIFA rankings
Vietnam volleyball team gear up for SEA Games
Vietnam volleyball team gear up for SEA Games

The upcoming International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV Cup Ton Hoa Sen 2017, will be a warm-up for the Vietnamese team to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia in August.

Vietnam volleyball team gear up for SEA Games
Starting line-up for Vietnam at AFC U23 qualifiers
Starting line-up for Vietnam at AFC U23 qualifiers

VOV.VN - Here’s the starting line-up for Vietnam at the upcoming AFC U23 qualifiers set for July 19-23 in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam is in Group I alongside the Republic of Korea, Macau and East Timor.

Starting line-up for Vietnam at AFC U23 qualifiers
Young chess prodigies converge in Da Lat for junior champs
Young chess prodigies converge in Da Lat for junior champs

VOV.VN - The country’s best and brightest young chess players congregated in Da Lat today (July 6) for opening day of the 2017 national junior chess championship, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Young chess prodigies converge in Da Lat for junior champs
Vietnamese taekwondo athlete wins gold in RoK
Vietnamese taekwondo athlete wins gold in RoK

Vietnamese martial artist Ho Thi Kim Ngan won a gold medal at the second competition day of the Chuncheon Republic of Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships on July 4.

Vietnamese taekwondo athlete wins gold in RoK
Quang Liem to compete with former world chess champion Kasparov
Quang Liem to compete with former world chess champion Kasparov

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been invited by Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to participate in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament on August 14 - 19. 

Quang Liem to compete with former world chess champion Kasparov
Nam out of China F11 Men’s Futures
Nam out of China F11 Men’s Futures

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the ongoing China F11 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

Nam out of China F11 Men’s Futures
Vietnam sends roughly 476 athletes to SEA Games 29
Vietnam sends roughly 476 athletes to SEA Games 29

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism has unveiled that the country will participate at SEA Games 29 with nearly 476 athletes.

Vietnam sends roughly 476 athletes to SEA Games 29
Khanh Hoa beat Vientiane Capital at AFF futsal champs
Khanh Hoa beat Vientiane Capital at AFF futsal champs

Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa crushed Vientiane Capital of Laos 9-2 at the AFF Futsal Club Championship in Bangkok on July 4.

Khanh Hoa beat Vientiane Capital at AFF futsal champs
Liem ties in sixth and seventh round of World Open
Liem ties in sixth and seventh round of World Open

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem had draws in both the sixth and seventh round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US.

Liem ties in sixth and seventh round of World Open
‘Action packed’ VTV women’s volleyball fest gets underway July 8
‘Action packed’ VTV women’s volleyball fest gets underway July 8

VOV.VN - Teams from six Asian countries will highlight the VTV Women’s Volleyball Cup that gets underway July 8 at the Hai Duong Competition Hall in the northern city of Hai Duong, according to a press conference.

‘Action packed’ VTV women’s volleyball fest gets underway July 8
Nam wins first tennis match in China
Nam wins first tennis match in China

Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam won his first match at the China F11 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, on July 3.

Nam wins first tennis match in China
Vietnamese cueists aim for world glory
Vietnamese cueists aim for world glory

Nine Vietnamese cueists will compete in the three-cushion World Cup championship in Porto, Portugal.

Vietnamese cueists aim for world glory
Liem defeats Jianchao Zhou at World Open
Liem defeats Jianchao Zhou at World Open

Le Quang Liem defeated Jianchao Zhou in the fifth round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US on July 3.

Liem defeats Jianchao Zhou at World Open
Vietnam athletes to vie for Asia titles
Vietnam athletes to vie for Asia titles

Vietnam will send six athletes to India to take part in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship 2017 in Odisha city from July 6-9.

Vietnam athletes to vie for Asia titles
Young badminton players improve world rankings
Young badminton players improve world rankings

Two young Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Thuy Linh and Pham Cao Cuong have leapt up the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.

Young badminton players improve world rankings
First ASEAN sport festival held in Netherlands
First ASEAN sport festival held in Netherlands

The first sport festival of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Netherlands opened in the capital city of Amsterdam on July 1, drawing hundreds of students from ASEAN member countries.

First ASEAN sport festival held in Netherlands
Hoang Xuan Vinh tops world’s 10m air pistol men
Hoang Xuan Vinh tops world’s 10m air pistol men

Hoang Xuan Vinh has retained his position as the world’s top 10-metre air pistol shooter with 2,542 points, according to the July 2017 men’s rankings from the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Hoang Xuan Vinh tops world’s 10m air pistol men
Hoang Nam among world top 500 tennis players
Hoang Nam among world top 500 tennis players

VOV.VN - With the trophy at the Thailand F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam leapt 62 places to 475th in the latest rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on July 3.

Hoang Nam among world top 500 tennis players
Local athletes gear up for SEA Games
Local athletes gear up for SEA Games

Vietnam will send more than 470 athletes to compete at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia in August.

Local athletes gear up for SEA Games
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