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A contest for designers to create a logo, song, mascot and slogan for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games (Para Games 11) was launched in Hanoi on August 30.

As many as 13 teams will participate in the Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship for Dong Luc Cup, which will take place from July 13 to 21 in Hanoi, said the Vietnam Volleyball Federation on July 4.

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has agreed to support judo in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s team won the Zhouzhuang Cup Xiangqi International Invitational Chinese Chess Tournament in Jiangsu, China, on May 20.

A campaign to encourage the community to practice swimming for drowning prevention will be launched on May 19 at the culture, information and sports centre of Hanoi’s Long Bien district, according to the organising board.

Outstanding athletes and coaches were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 27, as part of activities marking the 73rd anniversary of Vietnamese Sports Day.

A total of 30 billion VND (almost 1.3 million USD) will be invested to help prepare 27 head coaches and 66 athletes for key international contests in the next few years, according to deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration Tran Duc Phan.

The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are scheduled to begin in Vietnam in November 2021, attracting about 7,000 athletes to compete in 36 sports.

The Vietnam Golf Association and Els Performance Golf Academy - the first international golf academy in VN signed a cooperation agreement towards promoting golf movements among young people.

The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2019 will take place on March 24 morning, the Vietnam Sports Administration announced on March 6.

The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will have more sports than in the past, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.

Vietnam’s national football team received a hero’s welcome as they returned home following the Asian Cup at the weekend.

Track and field athlete Bui Thi Thu Thao, who won a gold medal for Vietnam at the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) in Indonesia in August, has overcame other rivals to become the most outstanding athlete of Vietnam in 2018.

Vietnam signed over 50 cooperation agreements and treaties with countries, territories, and international sports organisations around the world during 1998 to 2016.

Vietnam’s sport sector has had an outstanding 2018 and the country is starting to pay more attention to developing talented athletes.

Since its inception 72 years ago (1946-2018), the Vietnamese sport sector has done more than provide games for the nation to play by enhancing the country’s international integration efforts.

The Vietnam Sport Show 2018 kicked off in Hanoi on November 15, featuring over 5,000 products from 120 domestic and foreign exhibitors.

General Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration Vuong Bich Thang had a working session with a delegation from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) led by David DS Moon.

Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 6-18.

The Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) and the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF) held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 19 to commend and reward track and field athletes for their achievements recorded at the recent Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 2018).