The third ASEAN School Games (ASG) closed in Singapore on July 7.

A team from the Ho Chi Minh City Badminton Federation led by its Deputy Chairwoman Huynh Ngoc Lien has travelled to the US on July 7 to compete at the 2011 US Open Badminton Championships.

The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents (PVF) will host the qualifying round for Group C of the national U15 Football Tournament (2011 Hyundai Vinashin Cup), scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 12 to 21.

Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has entered the world’s top 20 young players, according to the July ranking of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

The 2011 Taekwondo Championships kicked off in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on July 6 with the participation of more than 60 martial artists from 8 teams.

The International Women’s Volleyball Tournament VTV Cup will be held at the sports hall in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak from July 9-16.

With a convincing 7-1 win over the host team Macau (China) in the second leg of World Cup qualifying series on July 3, Vietnam earned a ticket to the second Asian qualifier for the 2014 World Cup.

20 players of the U16 Vietnamese football team will compete at the U16 Southeast Asian Football Championships in Laos from July 5-21.  

Vietnamese athletes won three more gold medals, four silvers and 2 bronzes on the second day of the third ASEAN School Games on July 3.

Vietnam’s national flag was hoisted above the Choa Chu Kang stadium (Singapore) on the first day of competition of the 2011 ASEAN Schools Games.

The 11th Algeria National Vovinam Championships took place in the capital city of Algiers from June 29 to July 1, with the competition of 584 athletes from 22 cities and provinces of this North African country.

Vietnamese athlete, Ngo Huu Ky Phong, has won a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011, which is taking place in Greece from June 25 to July 4.

The third ASEAN School Games (ASG) officially opened at Max Pavillion stadium in Singapore on July 1.

Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded third for the coming YONEX-OCBC US Open Grand Prix Gold Championships, to be held at the Orange County Badminton Club, California, USA.

A boat from Vietnam will participate in the World Rowing Championships to be held in Slovakia from August 26 to September 4, with the goal of qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics.

Vietnam’s national football squad will play Qatar at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi for the 2014 World Cup’s second qualifying round in Asia.

Vietnam’s football team has dropped six places to 140th in the June rankings announced by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Vietnam has moved into the 2014 World Cup’s second qualifying round to meet Qatar after defeating Macau 6-0 in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29.

Vietnamese top tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien has taken berth to the quarterfinals of 2011 Governor Cup in Russia after defeating Vasil Surduk from the host country in two straight sets (6-3 and 6-2) of the men’s singles event.

The National Sports Tournament for Disabled Athletes will open in Ho Chi Minh City on July 1.

Vietnamese Karate athletes dominated the 2011 Open Karate Tournament which ended in the Republic of Korea on June 28.

Le Ha Anh and Le Thu Huyen won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the Kenya Badminton Open on June 27.

The Vietnamese national football team gathered at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on June 27 for training in preparation for the upcoming 2014 World Cup’s qualifier, in which Vietnam will play Macao (China) in their first leg.

The Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship wrapped up in Vinh Phuc on June 25 after ten days of competition.

Nearly 5,000 people joined the 38th Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) Newspaper Run for Peace at the Quan Ngua Sport Palace in Hanoi on June 26.

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has broken the national record in the men's 56kg snatch discipline at the National Youth Weightlifting Tournament in the northern port city of Hai Phong. 

More than 350 martial artists from 27 cities and provinces across the country are competing at the 9th National Youth Vovinam Championships in the central city of Quang Ngai from June 23-26.  

The dream to attend the 2012 London Olympics of the Vietnamese football team came to an end after its 1-6 loss to Saudi Arabia in the second qualifying match at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on June 23.

The 2011 National Taekwondo Youth Championships opened in the southern province of Binh Thuan on June 22 with the participation of more than 400 martial artists from 40 teams nationwide.

The 17th Southeast Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on June 22.