Top swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang will be Vietnam's flag bearer at the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony next month in China.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese martial artists on August 18 grabbed a silver medal at the first World Taekwondo Demonstration Championships that is getting underway in the Republic of Korea.

VOV.VN - Global football governing body FIFA has decided to provide an additional two video assistant referee (VAR) vans for Vietnam to use in its football tournaments.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has selected Thien Truong Stadium in the northern province of Nam Dinh to host a friendly match between Vietnam and Palestine on September 11 during the upcoming FIFA days.

Markswoman Trinh Thu Vinh officially won a slot at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics after achieving a high result at the 53rd ISSF World Shooting Championships qualifiers in Azerbaijan on August 17.

Four Vietnamese fighters will compete at the first Asian Mix Martial Arts (MMA) Championship in Thailand from August 18-20.

VOV.VN - Talented Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh has landed in Hungary ahead of competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which is scheduled to take place in Budapest from August 19 to August 27.

VOV.VN - Eight young golfers are set to represent the country at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Amateur Team Golf Championship which is scheduled to take place in Malaysia from August 20 to August 24.

VOV.VN - The national U23 football team suffered a 5-3 defeat to Bahrain in a penalty shootout after recording a 1-1 draw in a 90-minute friendly ahead of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2023.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese swimmers Nguyen Huu Kim Son and Hoang Quy Phuoc will not be joining up with the national team to compete at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 which will be held in China in September.

VOV.VN - Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) football club has been authorized to bring the dead body of striker Paollo Olivera who was killed together with two other Vietnamese people in a tragic car accident several days ago back to his home in Lisbon, Portugal, for the funeral service.

Vietnam's U23 football team and their head coach Hoang Anh Tuan arrived in Bangkok on August 14 to prepare for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U23 Championship 2023 which will take place in Rayong province from August 17-26.

A football tournament of the General Union of Vietnamese in Brussels (UGVB) took place on August 13 with the participation of six teams.

VOV.VN - Vietnam claimed a runner-up finisher after a loss to Thailand in the second round of the Southeast Asian Women's Volleyball Tournament (SEA V.League) which concluded on August 13 in Chiang Mai.

Vietnam will send a team of 10 shooters to compete at the world championship, which is considered the team's final test for ahead of the 19th Asian Games next month.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Vancouver and the ASEAN member consulates-general held a friendly sports event called the "Charity Golf Tournament" on August 11 to mark ASEAN Day and raise funds for social activities in British Columbia province of Canada.

The VnExpress Marathon Marvelous Nha Trang 2023 event took place in Nha Trang city, the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, on August 13, with the participation of more than 11,000 domestic and foreign runners.

More than 80 domestic and international teams are taking part in a off-road car racing tournament in Buon Don district, the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, which opened on August 13.

A Karate tournament of the Vietnamese community in Japan titled "Suzucho Karate-do Kanto Open 2023" took place at Tokyo dojo on August 12, bringing together dozens of athletes from Vietnamese karate clubs across the country.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and numerous coaches and players have expressed their heartfelt condolences to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Club following the tragic deaths of their three members.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Consulate of Indonesia organised ASEAN Fun Walk 2023 on August 12, with the event drawing the participation of approximately 1,000 local and foreign runners.

Vietnamese fighter Huynh Ha Huu Hieu has won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai International Title in the women's minimumweight class (45.39 kg).

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang will play host to Tiny’s Tennis Open international tournament which will take place from January 22 to January 28 next year.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese teams, AKA Racing and Steelmate Racing, are set to represent the country to compete at The Asia Cross Country Rally, commonly known as “AXCR” or “The Asian Rally”.

The Yushan International Billiards Academy in Jiangxi province of China on August 8 inaugurated a training centre for Vietnamese billiard players.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese players Nguyen Hoang Yen and Ngo Tri Thien won silver medals at the Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championships which recently concluded in Bangkok, Thailand.

VOV.VN - After recently completing their FIFA World Cup campaign, the national women's football team are to gather at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center on August 10 to prepare for the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD) 19 which will be held in China in September.

VOV.VN - Local referee Ngo Duy Lan and his two assistants have met the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s criteria to take charge of a match in the AFC Cup’s Preliminary Round, with the team to officiate the game between Machhindra FC of Nepal and Paro FC of Bhutan on August 8.

VOV.VN - Iranian football teams Persepolis FC and Esteghlal FC have been enquiring about the availability of Vietnamese midfielder Hoang Duc, according to renowned German football site Transfermarkt.

VOV.VN - Leading Vietnamese Grand Master Le Quang Liem could not make history in Baku, Azerbaijan, when he was beaten by former World Chess champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) in the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup.