January 3, 2012
The derby between Saigon FC (Blue) and Navibank Saigon ended in a 2-2 draw at Thong Nhat Stadium on Sunday. Twenty goals from seven matches were not many, but the first round of Vietnam’s top-tier Super League on the weekend was generally thrilling. The most exciting match on Sunday was perhaps the scoreless draw at [...]
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December 31, 2011
 The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]
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December 6, 2011
Young players will be used more often on the field in V-League matches. Photo by Kha Hoa. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked that under age 21 players be used more often in the 2012 football season. For several seasons, the clubs have been asked to include at least five players who are younger [...]
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November 15, 2011
Captain Thanh Luong celebrates after scoring Vietnam's 4th goal in an 8-0 win over Brunei at the 26th South East Asian Games on Saturday. Vietnam’s U23 national male football team booked a semifinal berth at the 26th South East Asian Games after thrashing Brunei 8-0 on Saturday. The thumping margin would gave the team a [...]
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November 6, 2011
The 28-ranked GM Le Quang Liem (L) will receive US$150,000 from the Vietnam Chess Federation in four years, Photo by VnExpress. The Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF) on Thursday inked four-year sponsorship contracts worth US$200,000 with the country’s two best chess players, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. The 20-year-old Liem, ranked 28th in [...]
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November 6, 2011
Nguyen Hoang Lam (L), Photo by VnExpress. Vietnamese players took two gold medals in the men’s and women’s contests at the 15th Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Individual Championships that ended in Macau on Friday. In the men’s event, Vietnam’s number one Nguyen Thanh Bao stayed at home to prepare for the World Chinese Chess Championships [...]
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November 4, 2011
Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is favored to win the gold medal of the men’s singles event at the 26th South East Asian Games beginning November 12. The 28-year-old Minh, ranked 8th in the world, is favored because the world number one Malaysian Lee Chong Wei has withdrawn from the Malaysian team [...]
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November 2, 2011
Lam Quang Thanh, head of Vietnamese contingent for the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia, speaks at the sending off ceremony in Hanoi on Sunday. Photo by VnExpress. Vietnam held a ceremony at the Hanoi Opera Theater on Sunday to see off players and athletes heading for Indonesia to participate in the 26th South [...]
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October 29, 2011
Le Quang Liem, Susan Polgar and Georg Meier pose for a photo in the seventh round of the SPICE Cup in Texas. Photo by VnExpress. Chess ace Le Quang Liem and Cuban rival Leinier Dominguez Perez are locked in a race for the championship at the SPICE Cup in Texas, US. After a draw in [...]
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October 28, 2011
Vietnam’s Under-23 team put on a good show Friday in holding their strong Uzbek rivals to a 1-1 draw at the ongoing VFF Cup tournament in Hanoi, but it is evident that there is considerable room for improvement. The team was in high spirits and showed determination but their performances were as not good [...]
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