Personalities

Vietnam secure golds at Thailand's Jujitsu Open Grand Prix

Vietnamese cueist Duong Quoc Hoang has won the Scottish Open Pool 9-ball Championship 2024 in Scotland, the UK.

Major media of the Republic of Korea has reported Kim Sang-sik will take over as head coach of the Vietnam national football team, with the contract being announced soon.

Vietnamese badminton player Le Duc Phat has won a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2024 Uganda International Challenge taking place in Kampala, Uganda from February 21-25.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed two female referees of Vietnam to the final round of the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup in Uzbekistan, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said on February 16.

Vietnam's top female badminton player, Nguyen Thuy Linh, earned a historic milestone on October 24 by entering the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s world rankings for the first time.

Vietnamese youngster Le Dinh Long Vu has been listed as one of the world's top 60 young football talents by sports journalists of British newspaper, The Guardian.

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).

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has selected striker Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha of the Vietnamese women's team as one of six young Asian stars who could have a breakout tournament.

French international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has praised Vietnam’s runner Nguyen Thi Oanh who made a gold hat-trick at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), presented an insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Park Hang-seo, former head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 9.

Andrey Rublev made the most of Holger Rune's nerves to win a see-saw Monte Carlo final 5-7 6-2 7-5 on Sunday, as the Russian's talent was finally rewarded with a Masters title.

Striker Huynh Nhu, who is playing for Portugal’s Länk FC, will join the national women’s football team at the first qualifying round of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on March 31.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh has risen to the 49th position in the world’s latest singles women rankings, according to Badminton World Federation (BWF).

President of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan has sent a letter of condolences to the Brazilian Football Confederation over the passing of Pelé, the legendary Brazilian footballer, who died of cancer at the age of 82 on December 30.

Top-ranked grandmaster Le Quang Liem is to participate in the final round of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals from November 14-20.

Tran Quoc Tuan was elected as the President of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) at the 9th VFF Congress in Hanoi on November 6.

With his impressive achievements in recent times, Vietnam’s top tennis star Ly Hoang Nam has risen 18 places to reach the 272nd place in the world for the first time.

Football star Huynh Nhu has had her first match for Lank FC, a historic milestone for Vietnam as the first female footballer competing abroad.

Coach Park Hang-seo has said he and the Vietnam men’s football squad will make efforts to meet their goals this year, and work to promote young Vietnamese footballers.