• Badminton ace likely to benefit from world-class coach next year

    12/10/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, ranked seventh in the world, is set to obtain the services of an international coach at home early next year. Indonesian badminton expert...

  • SPORTS IN BRIEF 13/10

    12/10/2009 05:00

    Army’s perfect performance wins national karatedo championship; Ha Noi run on November 22 to help fund programmes for sick children; Viet Nam only-Southeast Asian nation in gymnastics champs The Army team won the National Karatedo Championship, which...

  • HCM City ready for indoor games

    12/10/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Preparations for the third Asian Indoor Games - the biggest sporting event of the year - are almost complete, the games’ organising board in HCM City said. Nguyen Hung, deputy director of the city’s Department of Sports, Culture and...

  • International half-marathon kicks off in Nha Trang

    11/10/2009 05:00

    Photo: VOV About 250 runners from Japan, France, the US, Singapore, New Zealand and Vietnam took part in the first 2009 international half-marathon in the central coastal city of Nha Trang on October 11. Athletes competed in five running...

  • Vietnam, Japan share honors in half marathon

    11/10/2009 05:00

    Pham Thi Binh of Vietnam was the quickest woman and Nishida Takayuki of Japan the fastest man in the International Half-Marathon 2009 in Nha Trang on Sunday. Binh covered the 21.1 kilometers in one hour, 24 minutes and 42.34 seconds ahead of...

  • Teenagers shine in torrid clash

    11/10/2009 05:00

    Dinh Bao (R) scores twice in Vietnam’s 3-1 win over Malaysia. Vietnam’s U19 team beat the much fancied Malaysians 3-1 in an incident-plagued match on Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the International U21...

  • Tien Minh retains title at home

    11/10/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh has successfully defended his men’s singles title at the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open Grand Prix. The world’s number seven and the...

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