Vietnam’s national football squad on September 8 clinched a convincing victory over Brunei at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championships, which is taking place in Myanmar.

17-year-old Thach Kim Tuan shone at the 2011 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand on September 5 after bagging three gold medals and breaking two world records at the 56kg bodyweight category. 

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will head to the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open in a bid to re-take the championship title he lost last year in an unexpected defeat by Indonesian rival Simon Santoso.

Nearly 100 athletes are competing at an open boxing tournament, which kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 6.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem, ranked No. 25 in the world, was defeated by Cuban rival Lazaro Bruzon Batista in a tie-breaker in the third round of the 2011 World Chess Cup.

The U19 national football squad under coach Trieu Quang Ha has arrived in Myanmar to attend the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championships.  

Cueist Ma Xuan Cuong won bronze medal at the carom 3-cushion World Cup in Seoul on September 4.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem has entered the world’s top 25 male players, according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Nearly 90 athletes from 18 cities and provinces across the country are taking part in the National Swimming Championships in Hanoi from September 3-7.

The Vietnamese Grandmaster, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, has ended his run at the 2011 World Chess Cup in the second round, losing to host player Peter Svidler in a tie-breaker match on September 2.  

The National Chess Championships in Cao Lanh, Dong Thap province, ended on September 2 after six days of competition.

Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan will leave Vietnam in the next two weeks to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in France and the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem has qualified for the third round of the 2011 World Chess Cup after defeating Russian rival Boris Grachev on September 1.

Melissa Moon, the defending world champion vertical distance runner, will attend the Bitexco Vertical Run, which opens in Ho Chi Minh City on October 30.

Twenty-three players have been called up for the national team to compete at the upcoming Southeast Asian Women's Football Championships in Laos.

Five more football players will join the U23 team to prepare for the qualifying round of the 2012 Olympic London.

Young marksmen from host team Hanoi put on excellent performances to top the medal tally of the National Junior Shooting Championships, which wrapped up on August 30.

Two Vietnamese grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son have been qualified for the second round of the 2011 World Chess Championships, which is taking place in Russia.

The Vietnamese embassy in Australia held a golf tournament to mark the 66th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

Vietnam’s national U23 football team will play in two friendly tournaments to prepare for the upcoming 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Indonesia.

Vietnamese chess grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son have attended the World Chess Cup 2011 which opened in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia on August 28.

World No.7 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated Japanese rival Sho Sasaki 2-1 to claim the championship title at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Grand Prix Open on August 28.  

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will in face Sho Sasaki from Japan in the final match of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Grand Prix Open.

The National chess championship 2011 opened on August 27 at the My Tra tourism area, Cao Lanh city, in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

The U19 Vietnam national team beat Cambodia with a score of 3-0 in the second friendly match at Hanoi's My Dinh National Stadium on August 26.

A rugby player of Vietnamese descent, Francois Trinh-Duc, who plays for Montpellier in France’s top division of rugby, will be playing in the French Top 14 this season.

Vietnam's top five gymnasts are set to compete at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo on October 7-16, announced the Vietnam Gymnastics Federation.

Liverpool, a famous English football club, will set up football training establishments around the globe in the next three years, with priority given to some Asian countries including India, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The Vietnam Shooting Federation will field a 30-member squad at the upcoming 35th Southeast Asian Shooting Association tournament (SEASA), which will take place in Vientiane, Laos from September 3-12.

Top-seeded Nguyen Tien Minh will face his first real challenge on August 25 when he plays Keigo Sonoda of Japan at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Grand Prix Open’s third round.