Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 2-0 in the women’s singles group J on the eighth day of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 13 (Brazil time). 

 A team each from Malaysia, Laos and Thailand will take part in the 2016 VTV International Cycling Tournament later this month.

 Brazilian Vasco da Gama club will compete at the Vietnam International U21 Football Championship this year.

Vu Thi Trang is hard at work preparing for her upcoming competition, getting her rackets and shuttles ready, warming up, and starting her training with a senior teammate in Brazil.

Hoang Xuan Vinh, a 41-year-old serving army colonel, has made history in Rio with a near perfect shot to clinch gold at the men's 10-metre air pistol event with a near-perfect final shot.

Vietnam's Vuong Trong Nghia is honoured to have been chosen as one of 34 boxing referees by the International Boxing Association to officiate at the Rio Olympics.

 Fencer Do Thi Anh followed her senior teammates, finishing her tournament at the Rio Olympic Games yesterday in Brazil.

Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh yesterday won the silver medal in the final round of the men’s 50m pistol event at the ongoing Rio Olympics.

 Vietnam will meet Thailand at the U19 Invitational Cup football tournament later this month.

 Vietnamese rowers Ho Thi Ly and Ta Thanh Huyen will compete in the semifinals C/D of the lightweight women’s double sculls in the Rio Olympics.

 National hope Ly Hoang Nam defeated No 5 seed Chung Yunseong of South Korea in the first round match of the Vietnam F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province.

 Olympian winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will hunt for his second gold medal, this time in the men’s 50m pistol event tonight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 Vietnam’s hope for more medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro city Brazil is fading as its athletes performed poorly on August 8, the third day into the games. 

 Former world silver medallist Thach Kim Tuan failed to win a medal as had been hoped at the ongoing Rio Olympics Games this morning (August 8) Hanoi time.

 Yanmar Co., Ltd, of Japan will continue to be the main sponsor of the Vietnam national football team until March 2018.

 After six decades of competing in the Olympics, Vietnam boasts its first ever gold medal thanks to shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh who won the men's 10m air pistol at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

 Vietnamese swimmers, weightlifters and gymnasts failed to perform to their standards on the second day of the Rio Olympics, August 7 (local time). 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to congratulate the Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Games and shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh in particular over the gold medal Vietnam has ever won after six decades of competing in the Olympics. 

 Major press outlets and news agencies around the world have run articles showing their surprise and admiration for Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, who secured Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Olympics arena on August 8 (Vietnamese time).

 Vietnam ranked sixth in the medal tally of the Rio 2016 Olympics on the first day, August 6 (local time), after marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the historic gold medal.