Vietnam moves up four places in 2023 Global Peace Index to 41st position

The Vietnamese men’s national football team have risen one position from 94th to 93rd place in the world according to the most recent global rankings released by football’s governing body FIFA.

Billiard player Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu has jumped in the world rankings after his impressive performance at the recent Antalya World Cup 2020 in Turkey.

Talented Vietnamese badminton player Pham Cao Cuong has won the Yonex Sunrise Nepal International Challenge during its conclusion in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.

Le Quang Liem won four from a maximum nine points on the last day of the blitz chess at the 2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Romania to wrap up his campaign finishing fourth place overall and pocketing US$15,000 in prize money.

Vu Thi Trang, Vietnam’s leading female badminton player, has climbed six places from 64th to 58th in the latest world rankings.

Vietnam’s fall in World Economic Forum and World Bank rankings of competitiveness and business environment is not surprising, say economists.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Viet Nam national men’s football team retained their No 136 spot internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table in March.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped two spots to world No 612 in the men’s singles category, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on November 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem ranked 33rd in November world men’s rankings, announced the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped up five places to No 1045 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals' world rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has dropped to world No 50 in the latest rankings released by the International Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem retained his ranking, in the world No 49 position, in the latest rankings in September, released by the International Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped one place to 24th in the world badminton rankings, the Badminton World Federation has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only a few days into the Lunar New Year, Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang received some good news.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has slipped two places to 20th in world rankings after failing in the first round of China Open.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have jumped six places to 136th in the International Federation of Football Association's (FIFA) rankings for October, despite not playing any matches last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Home-grown badminton player Pham Cao Cuong has jumped 118 spots in the May world rankings to 242, according to the Badminton World Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem, with 2712 Elo points, slid down one notch to 30th position in the latest FIDE world rankings released for June.