The National Sports Festival takes place every four years. 43 sports are held in 11 cities and provinces but the main host is Quang Ninh Province.

The 2022 National Sports Games (NSG) will be held in Quang Ninh Province from December 9-21.

Representative of Vietnam karate Vu Ha Son was elected President of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Karate Federation following the recent congress in Cambodia.

Vietnam sets a target of topping the medal tally at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), which it is going to host this year, said Deputy Director of the National Sports Administration Tran Duc Phan.

With some good news Vietnamese athletes brought home at the first days of the new year, people expect many sports achievements in 2022 when the country will host and take part in a number of major regional and international tournaments.

Vietnam's athletic team will have a busy year in 2022 with the two heavy tasks of defending its top position at the coming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and winning a gold at the 19th Asian Games.

In a year of highs and lows for Vietnamese sport, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has been voted the best athlete of 2021, after a highly-contested vote by sports journalists around the country. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is still hitting the world of sport hard but 2021 will always be remembered as a year of stunning "first times" for Vietnamese athletes, as well as a few moments of heartbreak for the nation. 

Vietnam brought home three gold medals from the World Muaythai Championship, which closed in Thailand on Sunday.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all parts of life, but Vietnamese athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Nguyen Thanh Ngung appear unfazed as they set new national athletics records in Hanoi.

Vietnam Olympic Committee Vice President Hoang Vinh Giang died on Saturday. He was 75-years-old.

Under heavy rain, Quach Thi Lan tried her best but could not reach the final of the women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics.

Rowing pair Luong Thi Thao and Dinh Thi Hao have achieved Vietnam's best result at an Olympics after their performance on Thursday in Tokyo.

Running is tough. Running as a pro and studying for a master's degree at the same time is even tougher.

Hoang Le Quyen thought running wasn't for her, but things changed after she saw what it could do for her.

Le Tu Chinh is Vietnam's top sprinter. The 24-year-old has dominated the 100m in the Southeast Asian Games since 2017. As Vietnam is to host the biennial Games for the second time later this year or in spring next year,

Vietnam’s leading shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh is the only representative of the Vietnamese shooting team to attend the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by invitation.

When she won the Asian championship title in 2018, Truong Thi Kim Tuyen dreamed an Olympic dream.

After conquering the pool as a swimmer and a coach for HCM City and Singapore, Pham Thuy Vi has since become one of the top triathlon athletes in Vietnam.