The US News & World Report newswire has released a list of the world’s most powerful countries in 2021, with Vietnam being placed at the 25th position in the power rankings.

A total of five local universities have been named among the global list of the world’s top 2,000 universities for the 2021 to 2022 edition, as released by the Center of World University Rankings (CWUR).

Four Vietnamese universities have been listed in the Impact Rankings 2021 by Times Higher Education (THE), the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Vietnamese men’s national football team have been placed 93rd in the world according to the final FIFA rankings of the year released this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of applications for recognition of foreign degrees made to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) increased by 44 times in 2008-2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the rankings released by FIDE on March 1, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem maintained Elo 2709 but he slipped by five spots from the previous month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has advanced three places to 7th in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

Vietnam’s top badminton player who just won the national championship has gained two spots up in the world rankings of the International Badminton Federation (BWF) after his results at the Japanese Super Series was updated.

The World Badminton Federation (WBF) announced on March 28 that Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh was placed ninth in the latest men’s rankings.