Chess Grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are gold medal hopefuls of Vietnam at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

The capital city of Hanoi served over 550,000 tourists during the four-day holiday of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), an almost 20-fold increase compared to that of 2020, according to the municipal Department of Tourism (DoT).

Việt Nam are on top of the region in athletics but marathon running has never been a strong point.

Thousands of people gathered at the sports complex of Phu Tho province from May 2 night to buy tickets for Vietnam's football match against Indonesia at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).

Two more events have been canceled at the 31st SEA Games scheduled to start later this month in Việt Nam.

Thousands of people queued in front of the Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ Province, on May 3, to buy tickets for the Group A matches of the SEA Games men’s football event.

Model Dat Kyo will represent Vietnam to participate in the Mister Supranational 2022 pageant, with the grand final of the competition set to take place in Poland on July 16.

Vietnam has won the Asian Women’s Beach Handball Championship title after a 2-0 win over Thailand in Bangkok last weekend.

More than 100 amateur footballers of Vietnam and Japan took part in the Enshu Fukuroi friendship tournament in Shizuoka prefecture on May 1.

A Vietnamese cultural centre has been opened in Venice city, Italy, expected to help promote cultural cooperation and exchange between the two countries.

The Asian Football Confederation has assigned six Vietnamese officials to work at the coming 31st SEA Games in Việt Nam.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club ended their AFC Champions League journey with a 1-0 win against Sydney FC, with Brazilian striker Washington Brandao scoring the only goal of the match.

The first win for a Vietnamese club in 18 years at Asia’s top club competition helped Việt Nam in overtaking China’s place in the AFC rankings.

Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Ha Tinh kicked off the sea tourism season of 2022 with ceremonies held on April 30.

New archaeological findings at the Oc Eo - Ba The and Nen Chua archaeological sites in the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang have set an important milestone in the research of the Oc Eo culture and provided reliable evidence and materials for the compilation of a dossier of the sites to seek recognition as a World Cultural Heritage site, a prominent archaeologist has said.

Việt Nam has won the Asian Women’s Beach Handball Championship title after a 2-0 win over Thailand on April 30 in Bangkok.

The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will be the most special regional meet in Vũ Thành An’s career. The ASEAN No 1 fencer will carry the national flag for Team Việt Nam and is targeting two gold medals.

Accommodation facilities in the northern province of Bac Ninh have basically completed all necessary conditions to welcome regional delegations to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) this May.

Matches of the men’s football at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) will be opened for free at the Thien Truong Stadium in the northern province of Nam Dinh.

A special art programme was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 29 night to mark the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30).