Culture - Sports

The Vietnamese national football team's hope for a berth in the third round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers are dimming after it lost 0-3 to Indonesia at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on March 26 evening.

On March 27, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Long An province launched the Campaign "People do exercise following the example of Uncle Ho" and the Olympic Marathon Day for People's Health in 2024.

On March 19, Long An People's Committee organized a preliminary review of the implementation of High Performance Sports Development Project for the period 2020 - 2022, with a vision to 2030.

Coach Philippe Troussier on March 18 announced a list of 28 players of Vietnam's national team to prepare for two upcoming matches against Indonesia in the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Boxer Vo Thi Kim Anh has secured a ticket to Paris 2024 Olympics, the fifth for Vietnam, after a 5-0 win over Islem Ferchichi of Tunisia in a decisive match against in the women’s 54kg category.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hang Nga is currently a teacher and head of the PE team at Long Hau Secondary School. She has worked hard and strived to become an Elite-standard FIFA international soccer referee assistant.

Vietnam’s national U20 women's football team was handed a 10-0 drubbing the leading female football powerhouse Japan in their first match of Group B in the 2020 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup.

Vietnamese athletes are taking part in various tournaments in efforts to seek more tickets to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics that will take place from July 26 to August 11, according to the Sports Authority of Vietnam (SAV).

Da Lat, known as the city of thousands of flowers, has been honoured with the Asia Festival City Award by the International Festivals & Events Association – Asia (IFEA – Asia).

Vietnam’s Thang Long Warriors surprisingly won the trophy of the Games of the Future 2024's phygital basketball invitational event on February 27 in Kazan, Russia.

Vietnam’s No.1 swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has smashed records at the Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2024 which is under way in New Clark city, the Philippines.

On February 25, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with People's Committee of Can Duoc district to organize the 28th Southern Don Ca Tai Tu Exchange in Long An province in 2024.