A new national record of 1732 points was set by the men’s team from Hanoi in the 50 metre rifle event on the second day of the National Junior Shooting Championships in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s national football team has jumped from 144th to 129th in the August rankings, announced the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has officially cancelled the 2011 Southeast Asian Futsal tournament, previously scheduled for Jakarta, Indonesia.

  More than 300 badminton players from 23 countries and territories are attending the 2011 Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City from August 22-28.  

International Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will play Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia in the first round of the World Chess Cup on August 28 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The 20th National Junior Shooting Championships is being held at the National Sports and Physical Training Centre in Hanoi from August 21-31.

The UK’s leading football team, Manchester United, has signed a three-year partnership with Beeline, Vietnam’s mobile telecoms company.

Former English Premier League players will arrive in Vietnam next month to take part in the Haiphong City Open Tournament on October 12-16.

The Song Lam Nghe An team won the national football championships (V-League 2011) after a 1-1 draw with Hanoi T&T on August 21.

The 2011 National ‘Ngo’ Boat Racing Championships, one of the traditional cultural activities of the Khmer ethnic group in the Mekong Delta, concluded on August 20 after two days of enthusiastic competition.

The 2011 National Ngo Boat Racing Championships kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on August 19.

As many as 277 badminton players from 23 countries and territories will take part in the Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open, to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from August 22-28.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the results of the draw for the qualifying round of the 2012 AFC Futsal Championships, scheduled for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in May 2012.

Vietnam Television (VTV) has won the broadcasting rights to the 2011-12 UEFA Champions and Europa League football tournaments in Vietnam, according to an official VTV source. 

Vinh Phuc won the championship title at the 13th national youth traditional wrestling championships, which closed in the northern city of Bac Giang on August 14.

The 20th Mekong River Delta cycling tournament began in Long Xuyen city in An Giang province on August 14.

The Military team successfully defended their title at the 17th National Youth Karatedo Championships, which concluded in Can Tho city on August 12.

The 2011 Vovinam Championships kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12, attracting more than 400 martial artists from 21 districts and towns across the city.

HCM City team won four gold medals and four silver medals to finish first at the National Billiards & Snooker Championships that ended in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on August 11.

Vietnam’s badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has qualified for the quarterfinals of the BWF World Badminton Championship after thrashing Thai rival Boonsak Ponsana at 21-11 and 21-15.

The Japan Football Association (JFA) has officially invited Vietnam to play in a friendly match with its national football team on October 7, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

The Pham Gia Auto team plans to call up six of its key stars currently playing in the Thai Futsal League, in preparation for the Ho Chi Minh City Futsal Open from August 24-31.

Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated Indian rival Kashyap Parupalli 2-1 on August 10 to lead the second round of the World Badminton Championships.

The 13th national traditional youth wrestling championships is being held in the northern city of Bac Giang from August 10-13.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh eased into the second round of the World Badminton Championship with a 21-10, 21-14 victory over Israel’s Misha Zilberman in London on August 9.

More than 250 martial artists from 23 cities and provinces across the country are attending the 2011 National Judo Championships in the highland province of Gia Lai from August 8-14.

Vietnamese tennis star Nguyen Hoang Thien won the National U18 Tennis Championships after defeating Pham Minh Tuan 2-0 in the final round on August 7.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) plans to hold the Southeast Asian (SEA) U23 Football Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, from September 20-30, prior to the 26th SEA Games.

Three Vietnamese taekwondo athletes will head to Chungju in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on August 8 to take part in the 2011 World Traditional Martial Arts Festival.

Nam Phan, 28, will be the first Vietnamese-American athlete to compete at the UFC, a mixed martial arts event comprising boxing, Thai muay and karate.