Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped up 49 places in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings announced on October 17. 

 Hoang Thanh Trang has added another feather to her cap, emerging victorious at the Hungary women’s blitz chess tournament held recently in Budapest.

 No 4 seed Jordan Thompson won the Vietnam Open tennis tournament which closed yesterday in HCM City.

 Supreme Chonburi club of Thailand won the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Ha Nam Province.

 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will be the first and only Vietnamese athlete to compete at the upcoming World Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines.

  The Saigon Sports Club was put into operation in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 with a view to training professional young martial artists for Vietnam.

The list of ten candidates for Miss VTV Cup 2016 title was announced by the organizing board of the VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup on October 13. 

 Vietnam has no athletes left at the ongoing Vietnam Open tennis tournament in HCM City.

 Vietnamese duo Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien entered the quarter-final round of the Vietnam Open tennis tournament’s doubles category on October 12 in HCM City.

 Vietnam's national football team will have three friendly matches during their two-week training in Paju, South Korea.

 Ly Hoang Nam could not spring any surprises against No 8 seed Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the Vietnam Open tennis tournament held in HCM City yesterday.

 Ly Hoang Nam jumped 18 spots to world No 683 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings, announced yesterday.

 The main round of the Vietnam Open 2016 tournament, part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2016, began on October 10 with the participation of 32 players from 20 countries and territories. 

 Former national midfielder Phan Van Tai Em on October 8 announced his retirement from football. 

 Vietnamese gymnasts scored resounding victories at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016 in Hungary on October 9 securing two gold medals in the men’s vault and parallel bars disciplines, and one bronze in the men’s rings event.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan will introduce a different squad at the coming Asian U19 Football Championship in Bahrain. 

 Vietnamese Dang Nam claimed a bronze medal at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016, which closed on October 9 in Hungary.

Four players in the world’s top 100 will be participating in the 2016 Vietnam Open tennis tournament from October 8-16.

 SHB Da Nang, the third-placed team in the 2016 V-League 1, will take part in the 2016 Toyota Mekong Club Championships, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Vietnam will meet Myanmar in the first match of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship’s Southeast Asia Zonal qualification round on October 8 in Thailand.