Culture - Sports

Vietnam will play friendly matches with Thailand and Russia on the occasion of FIFA Days in September, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced.

Vietnamese female boxer Ha Thi Linh advanced to the second qualification round of the U60kg category after a decisive win over Feofaaki Epenisa from Tonga late July 27 at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Vo Thi My Tien and Tran Thi Nhi Yen are two of 16 Vietnamese athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics in France.

More than 100 typical dishes of southern localities have been introduced at the “Taste of the south” culinary festival that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has decided to apply Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in its upcoming competitions.

Vietnam stunned Belgium 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 25-17 to bag a bronze medal in the 2024 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup on July 7 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.

The Vietnamese national team is scheduled to play friendly matches against India and Lebanon on FIFA Days in October.

With the highest score in the qualifying round, swimmer Vo Thi My Tien was officially given the special ticket by the World Swimming Federation to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Long An Provincial Stadium will have its turf, functional areas, athletes' rest areas, etc renovated at a cost of over 900 million VND.

A ceremony was held to celebrate the 326th founding anniversary of Sai Gon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh-HCM City (1698 - 2024) and 48 years since Sai Gon-Gia Dinh city was officially named after President Ho Chi Minh (July 2, 1976 - 2024).

The 2024 Vietnam Culture and Tourism Festival in the Republic of Korea (RoK) will take place from June 29 to July 3.

Vietnam dropped one spot to the 116th in FIFA June global ranking, the lowest since November 2017, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.