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Vietnam wins taekwondo gold in South Korea

 Vietnamese martial artist Ho Thi Kim Ngan won a gold medal at the second competition day of the Chuncheon South Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships on Tuesday.

VN Grandmaster finishes second in World Open chess

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished second in the World Open 2017 chess tournament which wrapped up in the US on July 4.

Vietnam sends roughly 476 athletes to SEA Games 29

 The Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism has unveiled that the country will participate at SEA Games 29 with nearly 476 athletes.

Le Quang Liem ties in sixth and seventh round of World Open

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem had draws in both the sixth and seventh round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US.

‘Action packed’ VTV women’s volleyball fest gets underway July 8

Teams from six Asian countries will highlight the VTV Women’s Volleyball Cup that gets underway July 8 at the Hai Duong Competition Hall in the northern city of Hai Duong, according to a press conference.

Khanh Hoa beat Vientiane Capital at AFF futsal champs

 Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa crushed Vientiane Capital of Laos 9-2 at the AFF Futsal Club Championship in Bangkok on July 4.

Ly Hoang Nam wins first tennis match in China

 Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam won his first match at the China F11 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, on July 3.

Vietnamese cueists aim for world glory

 Nine Vietnamese cueists will compete in the three-cushion World Cup championship in Porto, Portugal.

Le Quang Liem defeats Jianchao Zhou at World Open

 Le Quang Liem defeated Jianchao Zhou in the fifth round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US on July 3.

Ly Hoang Nam among world top 500 tennis players

 With the trophy at the Thailand F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam leapt 62 places to 475th in the latest rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on July 3.

Top chess prodigies head to Da Lat for junior champs

 The nation’s elite junior chess players are all heading to the city of Da Lat in the central highland province of Lam Dong July 5 for this year’s National Junior Chess Championship.

Hoang Xuan Vinh tops world’s 10m air pistol men

 Hoang Xuan Vinh has retained his position as the world’s top 10-metre air pistol shooter with 2,542 points, according to the July 2017 men’s rankings from the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Young badminton players improve world rankings

 Two young Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Thuy Linh and Pham Cao Cuong have leapt up the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.

Local athletes gear up for SEA Games

 Vietnam will send more than 470 athletes to compete at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia in August.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal end decade-old association

 Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC officially ended their 10-year-old relationship with European giant Arsenal yesterday.

Cyclists to compete at Number 1 Cup

An Giang Television-Number 1 Cup, an international women’s cycling tournament, will kick off on July 8.

Vietnamese martial artist headlines MMA event in China

 The website of Mixed Martial Artist Junkie has unveiled that Tran Quang Loc from the southeast province of Dong Nai, Vietnam is headlining a major MMA event this August 5 in Macau, China.

VN win first match in Asian volleyball tournament

 Vietnam won the opening match of the Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship, held in Ninh Binh Province on Wednesday.

Asian Men’s Volleyball Championships kicks off in Ninh Binh

The Asian Men’s Volleyball Championships, hosted by the northern provinces of Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh, opened in Ninh Binh on June 28.

Professional training for badminton players in Thailand

HCM City will send 12 badminton players and two coaches to Thailand for a short training course in an attempt to find new talent.