FourFourTwo magazine has listed Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh in the running for the prized Golden Boot.

 Nine Vietnamese young fighters took to the mat on November 16 during the opening day of the 11th WTF World Taekwondo Junior Championships at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre in Burnaby, Canada.

Le Cong Vinh leads the pack among five top goal scorers of Vietnamese national team with 49 goals in 80 matches.

 Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on November 17 set a new Asian record in the 400m individual medley with 4 minutes 37.71 seconds at the Asian Swimming Championship 2016 in Japan.

 Vietnam’s coach and players confirmed that their first match against Myanmar on November 20 at the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup was very important to achieve their goal.

 The Vietnam women’s wrestling team came up short for a second-place finish at the 8th World Junior under 20 Kurash Championships (November 10-14) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi, India.

 Vietnamese top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien aims to win high prizes at the 10th Asian Swimming Championship 2016 in Tokyo, Japan on November 17-20.

 The Asian Youth Championship of Gaelic football will open at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on November 19.

A Vietnamese squad including 25 footballers and coaches has departed for Myanmar for the 2016 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup taking place from November 19 to December 17.

 The national futsal team will travel to China for an international friendly tournament later next month.

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has moved up 93 spots to No. 619 in the men’s doubles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings unveiled on November 14.

 Vietnamese lifters pose for photos after completing their competitions at the Asian Youth, Junior Men’s and Women’s Weightlifting Championships in Japan. 

 Almost ten years have passed, yet few Vietnamese football fans have forgotten that ‘golden moment’ in the closing minutes of the second leg of the AFF Cup 2008 final between Vietnam and Thailand.

 Viet Nam’s national U22 team lost to Uzbekistan 1-3 in the last match of the friendly international tournament in Wuhan, China yesterday.

 Viet Nam’s national football team tied 0-0 with Avispa Fukuoka FC of Japan in a friendly match at Can Tho Stadium in the southern province of Can Tho on Saturday.

 The Danang Dragons beat HCM City Wings 85-78 in the second final match to finish first at the first national professional basketball league, played at the Military Zone 5 Gymnasium in the central coastal city of Da Nang on Saturday.

 Vietnam topped the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championship (SEASA) 2016’s senior competition with 13 golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes.

 The 40th Southeast Asia Shooting Championships wrapped up in Hanoi on November 11, with hosts Vietnam claiming the top spot and a total of 31 records set, including fifteen in the youth event.

 Vietnamese top billiard player Tran Quyet Chien earned a ticket to compete in the semi-finals of the ongoing LG U+ 3 Cushion Master Cup in Seoul, South Korea.

 Vietnam’s top female badminton player Vu Thi Trang was ousted from the Celcom Axiata Malaysia International Challenge 2016 badminton tournament in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah yesterday.