Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met and presented gifts to the national football squad in Hanoi on July 3 before their departure for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.

The largest ever international pool competition, the Asian Open Pool Championship, will take place in Vietnam in October, said organisers Matchroom Pool on July 1.

Filip Nguyen has become the most expensive player of the 2023 V.League 1 after signing a contract with Hanoi Police FC on June 30.

Leading Vietnamese player Tran Quyet Chien has become the new champion of the 2023 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup, which took place in Portugal on July 3.

Weeks prior to the world's largest football festival - Australia/New Zealand World Cup 2023 - FIFA has highlighted five influential players of Vietnam, which will make its first World Cup appearance next month.

Coach Mai Duc Chung and his assistants have agreed on the list of 23 players who will depart for New Zealand to compete in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Eighteen referees and assistant referees who participated in Vietnam's inaugural VAR training course successfully passed the FIFA test stages and received official confirmation from FIFA.

Local cueists Duong Quoc Hoang and Nguyen Anh Tuan enjoyed their first victory over Abdullah Alyousef and Bader Alawadhi of Kuwait on June 29 at the opening match of the 2023 World Cup of Pool.

Vietnamese men football secured the 95th place in FIFA’s latest rankings and No.1 in Southeast Asia after its wins over Hong Kong (China) and Syria in friendly matches in June.

FIFA's website recently named 5 prominent players of the Vietnamese women's football team at the 2023 Women's World Cup, including Huynh Nhu and Thanh Nha.

Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That, the top-ranked racer in Vietnam, has returned to Europe to join the Israel-Premier Tech Roland cycling team to prepare for the 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne, a renowned women's cycling race.

All 18 referees and assistant referees who attended a video assistant referee (VAR) technology training course have been confirmed as meeting FIFA's VAR refereeing standards.

According to information given by sports website Transfermarket, Czech-Vietnamese goalkeeper Filip Nguyen will become the most valuable footballer if he joins Ha Noi Police FC.

Five Vietnamese track-and-field athletes have been stripped of their results and banned from competitions from 16 to 18 months following their doping violations at the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam in 2022.

President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has offered condolences on the death of Vo Minh Hieu, a player of the Quang Nam Youth Club who was killed in a recent traffic accident.

Both local and foreign fighters are set to gather for the Muay Thai Rampage (MTR) - The Rising Stars, a World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai tournament which will be held in Vietnam for the first time this July.

The Vietnamese national men’s football team are expected to play friendlies against Palestine and Australia on FIFA Days this September and October, according to details given by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Vietnamese women volleyballers defeated their Indonesian hosts 3-2 on June 25 evening, winning the 2023 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup and qualifying for the FIVB Women's Challenge Cup.

After saying goodbye to Pau FC in France, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has signed an 18 month contract with Hanoi Police FC.

Vietnamese champion Le Huu Toan will compete in the WBC Asia Championship on June 23 in Lanzhou, China.