Eight teams will participate in this year’s edition of the VTV9-Binh Dien International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, to be held from April 22 to 30 in Tay Ninh Province.

 The Vietnamese Professional Football JSC is considering hiring foreign referees for the V-League following various disputes caused by local referees this season.

 Nguyen Thi That of Vietnam missed the yellow jersey in the last few minutes of the Tour of Thailand cycling tournament on Sunday.

 Vietnam’s women weightlifters earned a slot in the 2018 Youth Olympics thanks to their performance in the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships, which concluded in Thailand yesterday.

 The first international U19 football championship will take place in Nha Trang city, the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from April 11-22.

 Vietnamese young masters earned four silver medals at the Asian Youth Chess Championships in Uzbekistan yesterday.

 Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That earned her second stage win in a row at the Tour of Thailand yesterday.

 Vietnam earned their third win at the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup qualification, beating Iran 6-1 on Sunday in Hanoi.

Viet Nam have been dropped to Group III in the Davis Cup’s Asia/Oceania zone after losing 0-5 to Iran in the play-off in Isfahan City, Iran.

 Over 2,000 people, including 150 outstanding athletes, joined a relay in response to the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 29) and the 9th Southeast Asian Games for Athletes with Physical Disabilities (Para Games 9) in Hanoi on April 9.

 Referee Tran Xuan Nguyen and his assistant Pham Phu Hung have been sidelined due to mistakes made during a V.League match between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and FLC Thanh Hoa on Saturday.

 The national U15 girls’ team convened in Hanoi on April 7 to prepare for the upcoming 2017 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U15 Girls Football Championship.

 Vietnam proved their power with an 8-0 over Singapore in their second round match of the 2018 Asian Cup’s qualification on April 7 in Hanoi.

 Vietnam lost 0-2 to hosts Iran in the play-off match of the Davis Cup Group II, Asia/Oceania in the first day of competition on April 7 in Isfahan city.

 Hanoian Do Thu Thuy triumphed in the women’s 10m individual air rifle event with a new record at the National Shooting Cup yesterday in the capital city.

 Head Coach Claudio Ubeda of Argentina U20 has announced a series of upcoming friendly matches during a training camp in Vietnam.

 Vietnam retained its place among Southeast Asia’s top three teams as the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced the latest men’s world rankings on April 6.

 Boxing and traditional martial arts tournament Let’s Viet Championship 2017 is scheduled to be held this month in HCM City.

 The 23rd ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships will be held in Jiangsu Province’s Wuxi City, China this weekend.

Luu Thi Chuc My of Vietnam on Thursday came third in the women’s 48kg snatch event at the ongoing IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.