A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Qatar led by Ambassador Tran Duc Hung visited and offered encouragement to Vietnamese footballers on January 12, two days ahead of the team’s first match at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese footballers will have to prepare for a number of significant football tournaments scheduled to take place throughout 2024, including the Asian Cup, the qualification round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the ASEAN Cup, and the AFC U23 Asian Cup's final round.

VOV.VN - Local volleyball player Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, who currently plays as an outside hitter for the PFU Blue Cats of Japan, was voted as the favourite athlete of the Cúp Chiến Thắng (Victory Cup).

VOV.VN - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has named Pham Tuan Hai among top players to watch at the upcoming Asian Cup which will be held in Qatar in January 2024.

VOV.VN - Le Phan Hoang Quan brought home a gold medal in the boys’ U8 standard event on the final competition day, raising the total number of medals to six golds at the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023 held in Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on December 22.

VOV.VN - The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has listed the winners from throughout the history of the world blitz chess championship, including local chess player Le Quang Liem who won a title back in 2013.

VOV.VN - Indian chess player Ilamparthi A from India, the 2022 U14 world chess champion, has triumphed at the Hanoi International Chess Tournament which concluded in the capital on December 10.

Vietnamese chess player Lai Ly Huynh has defended his championship in the men’s individual rapid xiangqi (Chinese chess) category at the 18th World Xiangqi Championship which wrapped up on November 25 in the US.

VOV.VN - After beating three-time world champion Martin Carolina (Spain) on November 22, Nguyen Thuy Linh (Vietnam) continued to stun Hojmark Kjaersfeldt (Denmark) on November 23 to enter the quarter-finals of the ongoing China Masters 2023 in Shengzhen.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese chess players are set to depart for Houston in Texas of the United States this November to vie for titles at the 18th World Xiangqi Championship.