Vietnam pocketed five gold, one silver and five bronze medals at the first day of the Thailand Open Track and Field Championship in Bangkok on June 12.

 Vietnam will make use of its home advantage, spectators’ support and tactics to obtain three points in the June 13 game with Jordan, part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, coach Nguyen Huu Thang said.

Ly Hoang Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded on June 11.

 Nearly 100 competitors from 30 countries and territories will race in the World Windsurfing Championship at An Bang beach in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam from June 12 to 15.

 Sanna Khanh Hoa of Vietnam are placed in Group B of the ASEAN Football Federation Invitational Futsal Club Championship this year.

 Le Quoc Phuong’s last-minute winner pushed Thanh Hoa to the top position of the V.League yesterday.

 Viet Nam’s women chess masters aim to be among the top six in the FIDE World Team Chess Championship, which will be held in Russia from June 17 to 26.

 Vietnam’s Truong Thi Phuong pocketed another gold medal at the International Canoe Federation Women’s Canoe Cup, which ended on June 8 in Szeged City, Hungary.

 Ly Hoang Nam and Yuichi Ito entered the final of the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures’ tennis tournament yesterday.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has signed a three-year contract with Miguel Rodrigo as the head coach of the national futsal team.

 Vietnamese football star Le Cong Vinh has been featured in a 3-minute reportage entitled “Inspiring Bonding Moments: Le Cong Vinh” by sport television channel ESPN.

 Iran won the second Asian Cadet Taekwondo Poomsae Championships 2017, which wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7. 

 Doan Van Hau of Vietnam has been selected in the FIFA U20 World Cup’s Asian best 11 by Fox Sports Asia.

 The 2017 U15 International Football Challenge Cup will take place in the central city of Da Nang from June 14-18.

 The second Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships 2017 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6, attracting 277 martial artists aged 12-14 from 17 regional countries. 

 Vietnam has jumped five spots to 131st in the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) rankings in June, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on June 1.

 Le Fruit Off-Road Triathlon, one of the country’s multi-sport events, will make a comeback for its 15th edition at Ho Tram Beach in the southern coast province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on June 10.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam qualified for the second round of the Singapore F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on May 31.

 Vietnam held its first ever field hockey coaching course for all hockey coaches from Asian countries.

 The 10th national sport festival of ethnic minority groups in central, south central and Central Highlands provinces and Ho Chi Minh City officially opened in Dak Lak on May 31 evening.