Viet Nam will host Group J of the qualifiers for 2018 AFC U19 Championship on November 4-8 at the Viet Nam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced.

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai broke their five–match winless streak yesterday, beating Hà Nội FC 3-2 in the V. League Round 23 match on their home soil in Pleiku City.

 Eight national leading athletes will compete in the final of the Trang Co Dat Viet, a year-end event of Chinese chess tournament for best players.

 ASEAN sprint queen Le Tu Chinh will begin a long training residence at the IMG Academy in Florida this December.

 Duong Van Thai triumphed in the men’s 1,500m category on the last day of competition in the National Athletics Championship at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City yesterday.

 Thang Long Warriors crushed defending champions, Danang Dragons, 82-72, to lead the rankings at the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League on October 26.

 Vietnamese fencer Vu Van Hung brought home a silver medal in the men’s individual sabre category from the Asian U23 Fencing Championship, which opened in Hanoi on October 26.

 Olympic gold medallist, Hoang Xuan Vinh, failed in the qualifying round of the men’s 10m-air pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final.

 The sixth Asian U23 Fencing Championships kicked off in Hanoi on October 26.

 The duo comprising Ly Hoang Nam of Viet Nam and Sumit Nagal of India were ousted from the Hung Thinh Vietnam Open 2017 being held in HCM City.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the first round of the men’s singles of the Hung Thinh Vietnam Open 2017 in HCM City on October 24.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team are aiming to reach the semi-finals of the upcoming AFF HDBank Futsal Championship to qualify for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.

 Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh was defeated in the qualifying round of the men’s singles of the Yonex French Open 2017 in Paris on October 24.

 A draw for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship 2018’s final round took place in China on October 24.

 As many as 45 fencers will represent Vietnam to battle in all competition categories at the sixth Asian U23 Championships 2017, scheduled to take place in Hanoi between October 26 and 31.

 Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete in the Yonex French Open 2017, which begins today in Paris.

 The Vietnam Open 2017 tennis tournament began on October 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The last matches in the 22nd round of the V-League 2017, on the evening of October 22, saw hosts Hanoi FC beat visitors XSKT Can Tho 4-0 to climb to the top of the rankings with 39 points after 22 matches played.

 Vietnam’s no. 1 tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, has been drawn against Go Soeda of Japan, who ranks 387 places higher than Nam in the ATP rankings, in the first round of the Vietnam Open 2017.

 The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced that the 4x400m medley category for mixed teams will be included among the track events at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 and 2020.