No 1 seed duo Ly Hoang Nam and Trinh Linh Giang won the men’s doubles at the Viet Nam Tennis Federation (VTF) Pro Tour 1. 

Vietnam’s futsal team lost to Malaysia 1-2 in their opening Group A match at the AFC Futsal Championship in Taipei (China) on February 1. 

 Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is on the brink of winning the “Best Goal” award at the AFC U23 Championship 2018, with his goals against Qatar (semifinal) and Uzbekistan (final) currently accounting for approximately 90% of the votes.

 A charity running competition entitled ‘Run Against Cancer’, aiming to support cancer patients will be held on Sunday at Thong Nhat Park.  

The Bike Shop will host the Tri An Lake Sunday Ride Tour from 6.30am to 3.30pm on Sunday, February 4.

 FLC Thanh Hoa lost to Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1-5 in the AFC Champions League play-offs in South Korea on January 30.

 V.League 1 newcomers Nam Dinh have signed Trinidadian forward Neil Benjamin ahead of the upcoming football season.

 Viet Nam has sent a team of three athletes to participate in the eighth Asian Indoor Athletics Championship, which will kick off at Aftab-e Enqhelab Stadium in Tehran, Iran, today.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the eighth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 30.

Members of the U23 VN football team were warmly welcomed by their hometown fans who went crazy on January 30.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem tied with Alan Pichot of Argentina in the seventh round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 29.

 The national futsal team grabbed one win and one loss from their training course which closed in Japan yesterday.

 The national U16 team will compete in an international friendly tournament in Japan in early March, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) lost to Vasco Gama B of Brazil in the second match of the annual Binh Duong Television International Football Cup (BTV Cup).

The AFC described Vietnam as “penalty kings” in a recent article reviewing the three-week AFC U-23 Championship in Changzhou, China, in which Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian team to enter the continental tournament’s finals.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem tied with Alan Pichot of Argentina in the seventh round of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 29.

 Hundreds of thousands of fans endured cold weather to greet Vietnam’s U23 squad on January 28 as they returned home after winning a silver medal at the AFC U23 Championship.

 The Vietnam U23 squad has received rewards worth up to VND23 billion from different organizations after winning a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship.

 Saigon Heat lost to Tanduay Alab Pilipinas of the Philippines 95-87 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at the CIS Arena in HCM City on January 28.

 The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.