VOV.VN - Vietnamese track-and-field athlete Nguyen Thi Huong has grabbed a bronze medal in the women's triple jump at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships which is getting underway in Thailand.

The national women's football team received a VND1 billion (US$42,440) bonus from TCP Vietnam for their gold medal success at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in May.

VOV.VN - Talented Vietnamese chess players successfully brought home a total of 178 medals at the ASEAN+ Age-Groups Standard Chess Championships 2023, which was held in Thailand from June 17 to 26.

VOV.VN - Three Americans – a peace activist, a war correspondent, and a politico-military analyst – were presented with Vietnam’s medal of honor for their anti-war advocacy, healing the wounds of war, and fostering friendship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese painter Jeet Zdung has been awarded the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration for “Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear”.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Chau Hoang Phuc on June 20 grabbed a gold medal in boccia, a precision ball sport related to bowls and pétanque, at the ongoing Special Olympics World Games which is underway in Berlin, Germany.

The 12th ASEAN Para Games that took place in Cambodia earlier this month marked a great success of the delegation of Vietnamese athletes with disabilities.

The delegation of Vietnamese athletes with disabilities secured the third position on the medal standings and set new records at the 12th ASEAN Para Games that took place in Cambodia from June 3-9.

Vietnamese players earned one more silver and three bronze medals at the World Under 8-18 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2023 which wrapped up on June 11 in Batumi, Georgia.

VOV.VN - Local cyclist Nguyen Thi That became the first Vietnamese athlete to book a place to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the sporting event scheduled to run from July 26 to August 11, 2024.