Vietnam’s chess star Pham Le Thao Nguyen continued her exceptional performance at the ongoing 2017 FIDE Women’s World Championship in Tehran, Iran by beating world No. 21 Alexandra Goryachkina to book a place in the third round.  

 Manchester United has announced it is returning to Vietnam to host the country's third live fan event.

 Vietnam suffered their second loss at the Robot Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship in the Group C action on February 15 in HCM City.

 Ly Hoang Nam faced little difficulty in going through to the second round of the China F1 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Anning City.

 The National Women’s Tennis Championship will be organised on March 17-24 in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province.

 Dalat Victory Challenge, a mountain bike race, will be organised on March 24-26 in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province.

 Two Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the International Chess Festival -- Aeroflot Open - in Moscow, Russia, from February 20 to March 3.

 National tennis players Ly Hoang Nam will compete at the China F1 Men’s Futures in Anning City.

 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games winner Le Trong Hinh was involved in a traffic accident and may not be able to defend his title at the upcoming games in Malaysia.

 On February 12, Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi and Spanish motorcyclist Maverick Viñales arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend an event at the invitation of Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a list of coaches and athletes approved for special perks while they prepare upcoming international sports competitions.

 The Governor of Gangwon Province of South Korea, Choi Moon-soon, has confirmed the appointment of midfielder Luong Xuan Truong as the Viet Nam Image Ambassador for Culture.

LienVietPostBank Cup 2017 International Volleyball Championship kicked off on February 11 in Bac Ninh, with the participation of 100 athletes from four Vietnamese teams and four foreign ones.

 Vietnam’s Saigon Heat defeated Chinese Taipei’s Kaohsiung Truth 85-76 on their home turf, CIS Arena in HCM City, in an ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on February 11.

 The Viet Nam Taekwondo Federation (VTF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leaders of South Korea’s Geoje City on support for Vietnamese takewondo in the future.

 The Vietnam national men’s football team is now ranked No.136 internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table.

 More than 500 athletes will compete in the Challenge Vietnam triathlon in the coastal city of Nha Trang on August 27.

 The HCM City women’s football team will train in Thailand in May to prepare for the upcoming National Women’s Football Championships.

 VOV Deputy General Director Tran Minh Hung on February 7 said the agency is proud to be assisting the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) organize their annual high-profile competition.

 Home United of Singapore will be Quang Ninh Coal’s rival in Group H of the qualifying round of the AFC Cup 2017.