• Controversy rages over use of underage jockeys in HCMC

    08/05/2009 05:00

    The use of underage jockeys might close the only racecourse in Vietnam, involved parties fear, after the illegal practice came under the authorities’ scanner recently. Fifteen-year-old jockey Vu Thanh Tu waits before the start of a race at the Phu Tho...

  • Freestyle football rules!

    Freestyle football rules!

    07/05/2009 05:00

    Since it arrived in Vietnam three years ago, freestyle football has become all the rage in Hanoi. It’s football but they call it art when they juggle a ball using their feet, knees, ankles, chest, shoulders and head while performing creative, skillful...

  • Athletes push their limits in race to earn SEA golds

    07/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Members of the national track and field team are training at four different locations in preparation for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos this December where they aim to grab seven golds. Bui Thi Nhung. High jumpers are...

  • Suspended football player called up

    Suspended football player called up

    07/05/2009 05:00

    Chief coach Henrique Calisto has called up Hanoi ACB Club half-back Pham Thanh Luong, who is serving a three-match suspension in the First Division Tournament handed down by the Vietnam Football Federation, to the national squad. Half-back Thanh Luong (red)....

  • Hanoi puts freeze on new building permits

    07/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Licences for urban building projects will not be issued before the approval of the Hanoi Master Construction Plan, according to a decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Licences for urban building projects will not be issued before the...

  • Vietnam to host 2009 ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Champs

    07/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnam will hold the 2009 ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships in the central province of Thua Thien Hue city from June 6-15. Players will compete in several age groups, from children under 10 to adults over 50. Deputy Prime Minister, Nguyen Thien...

  • SPORTS IN BRIEF 8/5

    07/05/2009 05:00

    Kim Chi back to national women’s squad; Sea Games 25 to be broadcast live in six countries; Mongolian cyclist snatches yellow jersey Kim Chi back to national women’s squad 34-year-old former captain of the National Women’s Football Squad Doan Kim...

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