VOV.VN - Local swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang was voted as the best athlete of 2021 following a string of successful achievements throughout the year, the National Sports Administration and the Vietnam Olympic Committee announced on January 5.

Vietnamese martial artists bagged two gold medals at the International Federation of Muay Thai Associations (IFMA) World Muay Thai Championships 2021 held in Thailand.

Vietnam National Day will be held on December 30 at the World Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a range of activities, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 11.

Vietnam will make positive contributions to the successful organisation of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022, said Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN).

VOV.VN - The Saigon Choir received a Certificate of Excellent in the category of Virtual choir - Video clip A Cappella at the World Choir Games 2021.

Vietnamese top badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh, Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thuy Linh will compete at the 2021 BWF World Championships in Spain slated for this December.

VOV.VN - The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) are set to be delayed until the second quarter of 2022 due to the complex nature of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the nation and other regional countries.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will host the 9th National Sports Games in November 2022, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced his nation's decision to donate an additional 400,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam in September during his telephone talks with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 15.

VOV.VN - Coach Park Hang-seo’s men are likely to play their final 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Japan if Tokyo’s proposal to host the Asian region’s last qualifiers is approved by the Asian Football Federation (AFC).