Vietnam basketball Saigon Heat team has defeated Singapore Slingers 88-71 to officially earn a ticket to compete in the playoffs of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) in the OCBC Arena.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has called 30 footballers to train for the final round of the upcoming FIFA-U20 World Cup.

 Thailand’s Wilavan Apinyapong will compete for VTV Binh Dien Long An in the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV9 Binh Dien Cup in April.

 Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat of Vietnam won his title at the first International Thai Martial Arts Games and Festival, which is currently on in Bangkok till March 22.

 Vietnamese representative Ly Hoang Nam was stopped at the Japan F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Nishi-Tokyo on March 17.

 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifiers draw finds Vietnam grouped in the East Zone alongside the Republic of Korea, Macau and Timor Leste in Group I.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem became the champion of the for the third time at the seventh HDBank International Open Chess tournament 2017 which closed in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam booked his spot in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Japan F2 Men’s Futures on March 16.

 Young runner Vu Phuong Thanh has announced he is heading overseas to compete alongside 30 other world class runners at – RunUltra – a 522km, 10-day Trail Race in the Australian outback.

 Vietnam’s sports sector is preparing all resources for regional and international tournaments such as the 20th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 9) the 9th Para Games in Malaysia and the third Asian Youth Games in Indonesia.

 Saigon Heat delivered a stunning performance to secure a much needed win against Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions, currently ASEAN Basketball League’s top ranker, on their home turf last night.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) have won the best team award in February, the event’s organising board has announced.

 Hanoi FC beat Tampines Rovers of Singapore 4-0 in the third match of Group G of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Wednesday.

 International Master (IM) Nguyen Anh Khoi of Viet Nam in a surprise win yesterday defeated Grandmaster (GM) Zhou Jianchao of China at the HDBank Cup International Open Chess event.

 Vietnamese coach Hoang Anh Tuan hopes Việt Nam can make a big surprise at the coming FIFA U-20 World Cup, after the draw for event took place at the Suwon Artrium, South Korea yesterday.

 The Chinese Taipei team arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday to prepare for a friendly match with Viet Nam’s national football team on March 22.

 A favourable draw was not in the works for Vietnam at Wednesday’s (Mar. 15) draw in Suwon the Republic of Korea (ROK) for the 2017 Fifa Under-20 Cup.

 Hanoi Buffaloes caused a second earthquake yesterday after earning a slot in the Thailand Super Basketball League’s semi-finals in their tournament’s debut in Bangkok.

 FIFA has announced the seeds for the 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup draw in the Republic of Korea.