• National football team captain’s cleats worth $2,600

    01/03/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s national football team captain and midfielder Nguyen Minh Phuong cleans his cleats, which were sold for VND45 million ($2,600) at an auction for charity that ended Saturday Vietnam’s national football...

  • Dong Thap stays atop V-league despite defeat

    01/03/2009 05:00

    Striker Evaldo (2nd, L) scores the only goal in Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s encounter with Da Nang Sunday to earn the home team their first win after three rounds Dong Thap still leads Vietnam’s top-flight V-League with...

  • Vietnam to attend 11 major national and world games

    28/02/2009 05:00

    Vietnam will participate in 11 major domestic and international sports events in 2009, said Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Danh Thai on February 27. The Vietnam Olympics Committee will prepare to host the third Asian Indoor Games...

  • Bui Vinh and Thanh Tu crowned at National Chess Champs

    26/02/2009 05:00

    In the second leg of the women’s category, Nguyen Thi Thanh An (HCM City) defeated Le Thanh Tu (Ninh Binh) to gain a draw of 1-1 in the standard chess content. Le Thanh Tu. In the second leg of the women’s category, Nguyen Thi Thanh An (HCM City)...

  • FIFA sees potential in Vietnam’s female footballers

    26/02/2009 05:00

    Winning three Southeast Asian gold medals shows that Vietnam’s female footballers could become a force to be reckoned with in the wider region, but only if they start receiving the treatment their male colleagues...

  • Huynh Kesley Alves and love for Vietnam

    26/02/2009 05:00

    Huynh Kesley Alves (red). One day before the V-League 2009 opened, Brazilian footballer Kesley became a Vietnamese citizen, named Huynh Kesley Alves. Huynh Kesley Alves was ebullient holding the decision of the Vietnamese president recognising him...

  • Teams find sports doctors are crucial

    26/02/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – The health of athletes in general and football players in particular is not only their responsibility but that of their clubs. Sport doctors who take care of players are an indispensable part of professional sports. (Photo: VNN) Sport...

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