Vietnam’s Nguyen Duc Yen Sinh made history on May 10 by becoming the country’s first female player to win the Asian women’s three-cushion title at the 14th Asian Carom Billiards Championships 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 14th Asian Carom Championship officially opened in Xuan Hoa ward, Ho Chi Minh City, on May 7, bringing together 80 leading cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan.

Tran Quyet Chien and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu propelled Vietnam to the second World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams title after defeating Germany in the final on March 1.

Vietnam’s top cueist Duong Quoc Hoang has emerged as one of the country’s most successful earners in professional billiards, collecting billions of VND in prize money from domestic and international tournaments.

Duong Quoc Hoang capped a sensational run by beating Francisco Sanchez Ruiz in the final, becoming the first Asian player to win the event.

The third season of the Hanoi Open Pool Championship features 256 cueists, including global champions.

The Hanoi Open Pool Championship 2025 is taking place in Hanoi from October 7 to 12, gathering 256 cueists from 40 countries.

Vietnam will send five cueists to vie for the World Nine-ball Championship 2025, set to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from July 21 to 26.

With a prize of nearly $20,000, Bao Phuong Vinh cements his status in Vietnamese billiards.

Vietnamese cueist Tran Quyet Chien is in the second place in the UMB Events Ranking and is third in the World Players Ranking, following his third place in the HCM City World Cup Billiards Carom 3-Cushion 2025.

This six-day tournament is a significant milestone as it is not only the first to take place in Vietnam but also allows domestic cueists, both professional and amateur, to compete alongside the world’s top players.

Nguyen Thanh Nam joins 2025 World Championship qualifiers and coaches elite players in national effort.

Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh put up a strong fight but were narrowly defeated by Dutch players in the 2025 World Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Team Championship final.

However, it was Luc who emerged as the champion, becoming only the third Vietnamese player - after Chien and Minh - to claim this prestigious title.

The World Games has become the second-most important global multi-sport event in the world, holding disciplines that are not in the programme of the Olympic Games.

From an underdog to a champion, Tran Thanh Luc outplayed world number one Dick Jaspers and Turkish star Tayfun Tasdemir to win the World Cup.

After a landmark 2024 season with multiple international titles, Vietnamese billiards player Tran Quyet Chien is focused on reclaiming the world number one ranking in carom 3-cushion billiards in 2025.