Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh climbed seven places to 36th position with 35,050 points in the latest world rankings announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on March 31.  

 The first National Cup round match will be kicked off today with all eyes on Hoang Anh Gia Lai versus Viettel tie at the Pleiku Stadium, Gia Lai Province.

 VN women beat hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4-0 in the Asian Nations Cup Chess Team Championship’s fourth match at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan Hotel on Thursday.

 Defender Que Ngoc Hai has agreed to play for Song Lam Nghe An for two more years, signing a contract worth VND5 billion (US$217,000).

 V.League 1 side Hanoi FC have applied for permission to rename the club Saigon FC  tothe Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF).

 The door to the 2018 World Cup officially closed on Vietnam after they succumbed to a 0-1 defeat against Iraq in their last Group F clash of the second World Cup qualifying round, held on neutral ground in Tehran, Iran on March 29.

 The Phu My Hung Golf Tournament begins this Sunday with the participation of more than 108 amateur golfers at the South Saigon Golf Court in HCM City’s District 7.

  The Vietnamese judo team have left for China for a short training course to secure tickets for the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics.

Although the chances of Vietnam reaching the final round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifiers are slim, Vietnam will try to beat Iraq in the final match of the event’s second qualifying round to be held in Iran today.

 Binh Thuan won the 2016 Kedah International Dragon Boat festival which wrapped up in Tangjung Chali, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia over the weekend.

 The Vietnam national women's football team dropped six places to No 35 in the first quarter rankings, according to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

 Golfer Cho Jeong Min from the Republic of Korea (RoK) triumphed at The Da Lat at 1200 Ladies’ Championship tournament, which concluded in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 27.

 Vietnamese gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung secured a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the ninth Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, which took place in Doha, Qatar from March 24 to 26.

 The national futsal team will have several friendly matches to prepare for the World Cup in September.

  Hanoi T&T triumphed at the National U19 Football Championship after beating Viettel 5-4 in a penalty shootout yesterday in Nha Trang.

 Vietnamese badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh missed out on a berth in the final of the 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix Gold after suffering a bitter 0-2 loss to Riichi Takeshita of Japan in their semifinal clash on March 26.

 The most outstanding Vietnamese athletes of the year were honoured in a ceremony called Vietnam Glory in Hanoi yesterday.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal JMG Academy’s youth team have been invited to take part in Football for Friendship (F4F), an international children’s social project, in Milan, Italy.

 Coach Nguyen Huu Thang has finalised his squad of 23 players who will travel to play Iraq in Iran in the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint-qualifiers on Tuesday, March 29.

 Nguyen Tien Minh continued to play exceptionally well at the SkyCity New Zealand badminton tournament on March 25 in Auckland City.