Personalities

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.

Football star Nguyen Quang Hai has got a working visa for France, according to his representative Nguyen Dac Van, who added that he is expected to back to the European country this week.

Coach Park Hang-seo from the Republic of Korea (ROK) has extended his contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for another year, from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been named as player of October during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s voting in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the AFC said on October 17.

National team defender Doan Van Hau has been ruled out of the remaining World Cup qualifiers through injury.

Hoang Vinh Giang (1946 - 2021) is considered a visionary sports strategists and one of the "chief architects" of Vietnamese sports. He is credited with the rebuilding sports that had been banned for a long time, bringing in new sports and raising many other sports in Vietnam.

Vietnam football team’s captain Que Ngoc Hai has vowed to try his best with his teammates to raise the national flag at the Asia's third round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Star athlete Tatyana McFadden and wheelchair tennis quad star Dylan Alcott start their participation in the Paralympics on Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 28.

Weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan, Vuong Thi Huyen and Hoang Thi Duyen have qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, raising the total number of Vietnam’s official berths in the upcoming Games to 14.

Goal has released its list of the 25 most promising young footballers in the Southeast Asian region, with Vietnam being represented by four players, namely Nguyen Canh Tiep and Nguyen Van Bach (Song Lam Nghe An FC), Vo Nguyen Hoang (Saigon FC), and Nguyen Phi Hoang (SHB Da Nang).

After being named the best player of the 2020 V.League 1 season, forward Nguyen Van Quyet is favourite to take the Vietnamese Golden Ball award for the first time in his career.

National team star striker Pham Thi Hai Yen is thrilled with her opportunity to go abroad to play for Lank FC in the Campeonato Nacional III Championship, the third division of Portuguese women's football.

Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau will bid farewell to Dutch team SC Heerenveen and repatriate to play for V.League side Hanoi FC in the second half of the Vietnamese top flight season, according to an official announcement from Hanoi FC on Friday afternoon (July 10).

Fox Sports Asia has created a poll for football supporters to select their dream Asian defence and renowned Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau is listed among the nine nominees.

Vietnamese football star Nguyen Quang Hai has been listed as one of nine nominees for Asian Front Three by the prestigious sport website Fox Sports Asia.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has joined other continental footballers in the Asian Football Confederation's Break The Chain campaign to raise awareness about the coronavirus pandemic.