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The FC Sapa Praha football club of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic and its youth training academy officially made debut in a ceremony on November 17.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a table tennis tournament for the Vietnamese community in Japan on November 3, with the support of Japanese businesses that employ Vietnamese trainees.

Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien bagged a silver medal at the CISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games 2019 in Wuhan, China on October 20.

A Vietnamese military sports delegation will attend the 7thCISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games 2019 in Wuhan, China from October 16-27.

The Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) U14 & Under Junior Series Da Nang Cup 2019 – Grade A opened at Tuyen Son Sport Village in the central city of Da Nang on October 12.

The northern midland province of Vinh Phuc has given the green light for Vinh Tuong district to implement its 264-billion-VND (11.35 million USD) project on building the Rung lake cultural-eco tourism site.

With a convenient location in Bai Tu Long Bay and adjacent to the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay, Van Don island district in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh has many advantages to develop tourism, especially sea and island tourism.

The first football tournament sponsored by the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe was recently held in Budapest, Hungary, with the aim of connecting Vietnamese people in Europe.

Vietnam finished in fifth place at the 11th ASEAN Schools Games, which wrapped up in Indonesia on July 24.

A 103-strong team of Vietnam, the biggest of its kind, took part in the opening ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Schools Games in Semarang, Indonesia, on July 18.

The 33rd Golden Racket International Table Tennis Championship will start in Ho Chi Minh City on July 4.

The national tennis team left for Singapore’s Davis Cup Group III Asia-Oceania Zone round on June 23.

The fourth international Vinh Long Table Tennis Cup will be held on June 28-30 in Vinh Long province.

The Vietnam Tennis Association in Russia (ViTAR) will organise the “ViTAR – Summer 2019” tournament for its members in Moscow on June 8 and 9.

Young tennis talents of the Hai Dang Tay Ninh team have left for Sweden for one month of intensive training.

Vice Chairman of the municipal Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Hung expressed his delight at growing Vietnam-France ties during a working session in the capital city on May 22 with Jean Charles Nefgre, Politburo member of the French Communist Party (PCF).

Vietnam finished second in the ASEAN Team Tennis Championship, which concluded in Singapore on May 9.

Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was defeated in the second qualifying round of the ongoing ATP Challenger Savannah in the US on May 2.

The eighth International Table-Tennis Tournament for Hoang Thach Cup kicked off in the northern province of Hai Duong on April 12.

Tennis player Thai Son Kwiatkowski, ATP world rank 275, will become a naturalised Vietnamese citizen to take part in the Southeast Asian Games later this year.