Defending champions Phong Phu Ha Nam will play Hanoi Trang An in the opening match of the 2011 National Women’s U19 Football Championships taking place in Ha Nam province on August 6.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem needs a professional foreign coach to help him develop to a new level, said Luong Trong Minh, General Secretary of the Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF).

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem will compete at the World Cup in Khanty Manslysk, Russia, on August 27.

The Open International Athletics Tournament wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4.

Vietnam plans to send a 800-member sporting delegation, including 560 athletes to the upcoming 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) due to be held in Indonesia from November 11-22.

More than 100 athletes are taking part in the 2011 National Billiards & Snooker Tournament, which opened in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on August 4.

The 18th Open International Athletics Tournament opened at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2.

Vietnamese female wrestler Pham Thi Duyen pocketed a silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling World Championship in Bucharest, Romania.

The National Junior Archery Championships 2011 will be held in the southern province of Vinh Long from August 7-12.

Deputy Chairman of the ASEAN Football Federation Duong Vu Lam was nominated as AFF referee chief at an annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 31.

Vietnam’s U19 football team will compete at the U21 Mekong International Championships-Bank for Investment and Development of Cambodia (BIDC)-Cup, from October 8-16.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem finished competing at the Dortmund Chess Meeting on July 31, with an unbeaten record after a draw with Finish Grand Master Anish Giri.

The Vietnamese team has bagged 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals at the 6th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, ranking second only to the Republic of Korea.

The Vietnamese Vovinam martial arts delegation has won the second World Vovinam Championships that took place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 28-30.

The Vietnamese delegation came in first at the ASEAN Committee table tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., which was held for the first time on July 30.

Vietnam’s U19 football team will get one-month training at the Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi from August 3 in preparation for Southeast Asian Football Cup 2011.

Outstanding Vietnamese swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc clocked 54.39 seconds in the 100m butterfly event at FINA World Championships 2011 in Shanghai, China on July 29, to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games.  

The 18th Open International Athletics Tournament will be held at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City from August 2-4.

Vietnamese Grand Master Le Quang Liem was held to a draw against German rival Meier at the 39th Dortmund Chess Meeting on July 27.

Vietnam came from behind to defeat Qatar 2-1 in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on July 28.

Despite thrashing Macau 13-1 in the first qualifying round of the 2014 World Cup, the Vietnamese team only earned four points in FIFA rankings in July to drop to 144th, four positions lower than the previous month.

The 2nd World Vietnamese Martial Arts (Vovinam) Championships was held in Phu Tho sports hall, Ho Chi Minh City, on July 28.

Vietnam took silver in the Kuala Lumpur World Sepak Takraw Cup after losing 0-3 to Thailand in the final on July 25. 

After four consecutive draws, chess player Le Quang Liem won a memorable victory over defending Dortmund champion Ponomariov in the fifth game of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting on July 25.

Vietnamese representative Thai Son Bac won a silver medal in the third leg of the Tiger Street Football Tournament in China on July 24. 

The Dak Lak team came out on top at the 7th National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities which closed in the central province of Quang Nam on July 25.

Vietnamese Super International Grandmaster Le Quang Liem grabbed 1.5 points in three matches at the 39th Dortmund Chess Meeting in Germany.

The 8th National Motor Race took place in the central city of Da Nang on July 24, attracting 32 professional athletes from 19 strong clubs across the country.

The Vietnam National Football team was defeated by their Qatari rivals 3-0 in their first match in the qualifying round for the 2014 World Cup.

Tickets for the second-leg match between the Vietnam national football team and Qatar in the second round of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup will be sold in Hanoi from July 26.