Young Vietnamese footballers Nguyen Minh Hung and Nguyen Phong Hung Duy arrived in Qatar on January 20 to join the final competition for a place at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence. The two players from Binh Duong had successfully passed many tests and evaluations set by foreign trainers in the qualifying round of [...]
Le Thi Hoang Ngoc on January 19 became the second shooter after Hoang Xuan Vinh to bag an official ticket to compete at the Olympic Games in London this summer. At the ongoing Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, Ngoc earned 579 points, ranking 7th and entering the final round in which she raised her [...]
Although indoor rock-climbing has recently been introduced to Hanoi by the Vietclimb Club, it has quickly attracted the participation of a large number of young people in the capital thanks to its great health benefits. Indoor-rock climbing is a new sport in Hanoi. At present, the Vietclimb Club consists of two gymnasiums, one for [...]
Martial arts, promoted by 51-year-old instructor Dang Van Sung, have gained ground in France where a lot of people like to get fit. Sung left Vietnam for France when he was only one-year-old. He started studying martial arts with his uncle at the age of 12. After practicing for nearly ten years, he won two [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national football team has remained in the lead of Southeast Asian despite dropping two notches to 101st position in the FIFA rankings for January 2012. According to the FIFA ratings, the second place in the region was secured by Thailand, which also fell two notches back to 124th position in [...]
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Finance has transferred VND30 billion (nearly US$1.5 million) to the National Administration of Sports and Physical Training to award Vietnamese medal winners in the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and Para Games before Tet. Photo: VNS According to Government regulations, athletes receive VND45 million ($2,150) for each gold medal, VND25 [...]
LookAtVietnam – Southeast Asian Games bronze medallist Pham Thi Binh will take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on February 5 hoping to earn a berth at the coming London Olympics. Remarkable progress: Southeast Asian Games bronze medallist Pham Thi Binh will take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on February [...]
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam will take part at the Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championship in Thailand without key member Doan Kien Quoc, who has decided to make way for younger table tennis talent. A two-time Olympian, Quoc decided to withdraw from the national team, which is hoping to perform well at the regional tournament with [...]
Hoang Xuan Vinh has become the first ever Vietnamese shooter to win an official Olympics berth. Vinh won 682.4 points in the men’s 10-meter air gun event on Monday at the January 11-22 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar. Vinh finished fourth behind the gold medal winner from South Korea, Jin Jong Oh with [...]
Song Lam Nghe An players (yellow) mark Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye of visitors Hanoi T&T in a Super League match in Vinh city Sunday. Defending Vietnamese Super League champions Song Lam Nghe An were held 2-2 at home by Hanoi T&T in the third round Sunday. Both teams played fast football from the start, [...]
