Vietnam’s national U23 football team will compete against Timor Leste in the first match of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship.

 Ly Hoang Nam has become the first ever Vietnamese tennis player to reach the top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.

 Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem impressively defeated reigning world rapid chess champion, Vassily Ivanchuk, after 41 moves.

Cueists from HCM City claimed the top three positions at the 2017 International 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament, which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 16 after three days of competition.

 In a first, Vietnam grabbed a gold medal in swimming at the ninth ASEAN Schools Games (ASG), which is ongoing in Singapore.

Vietnam wrapped up the 16th Asian Karate Federation Cadet, Junior, U21 and the 14th AKF Senior Championships 2017 with seven bronze medals in Kazakhstan on July 16. 

 Ngo Quang Thuan scored the only goal in Vietnam’s 1-0 win over Malaysia in their fourth match of the ASEAN Football Federation U15 Championship in Thailand on July 16.

 Japanese Students team triumphed in the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV Cup, beating Indonesian national team 25-14, 25-19, 25-14.

 The 31st Golden Racket table tennis tournament opened on July 15 at Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The U18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit – BECAMEX Cup 2017 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15.

 Vietnam’s best young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and Sun Fajing won the China F12 Men’s Futures’ men’s doubles on July 14 in Shenzhen City, China.

 A cycling tournament entitled ‘Returning to Truong Son’ began on July 15 in Hanoi, as one activity to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids’ and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

The Vietnam Sports Administration, the Vietnam Olympic Committee and relevant ministries and branches will create the best possible conditions for Vietnamese athletes to gain impressive achievements at the 29th Southeast Asian Games.

 The International Three-Cushion Billiards Tournament BTV-Becamex IJC Cup 2017 opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 14.

 A fourth draw pushed Le Quang Liem to the No 3 spot in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China on July 13.

 Vietnamese karate artist Doan Bao Chau lost in a four-minute match with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores from Canada as the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism were still seeking permission to hold the match.

 Indonesia came from behind to beat Viet Nam 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-12 in the first semi-finals of the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, the VTV Cup, in Hai Duong Province yesterday.

 Nguyen Thi That of Vietnam has won the final stage and the cup at the National Women’s Open Cycling Tournament for An Giang Television Cup.

Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam and Chinese Sun Fajing came from behind to defeat Purcell Rhett from England and Stevenson Kelsey from Canada 23-6, 6-2, 13-11 in the quarter-finals of the China F12 Men’s Futures tennis tournament.

 Vietnamese representative Le Quang Liem pocketed his first win in the ongoing eighth Danzhou Super Chess Grandmaster in China.