With Croatia and Morocco meeting up again at Khalifa International Stadium tonight, I’m excited about what this year’s third-place game will bring to us.

Familiar faces in the line-up include Bùi Tiến Dũng, Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh, Quế Ngọc Hải, Nguyễn Quang Hải and Phan Văn Đức.

The University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi and the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 16 to celebrate the World Arabic Language Day (December 18).

Nine outstanding contestants of this year's Wikipedia writing contest have been recognised by the Polish Embassy in Hanoi for their efforts in boosting understanding of Poland.

Yes, Southgate is the second-best manager since Sir Alf Ramsey, but with this talented group of players, England should never have to settle for second-best.

The second Việt Nam Super Cup of seven-a-side football tournament (VSC-S2) will be held on December 16-18 at the Hà Nội's Hoàng Mai District Stadium.

Ensuring the fitness of the players is very important to the South Korean coach as Việt Nam head into the cup competition as one of the favourites.

Defending champions France are through to their second consecutive World Cup Final, after beating Morocco 2-0.

Kitesurfing uses the wind with a powerful kite to pull the rider across the water. The event will be organised at Mỹ Hòa Beach which has a year-round wind that is suitable for this sport.

The 2022 World Cup has identified the four best teams reaching the semi-finals after victories in the quarterfinals: Argentina, Croatia, France and Morocco.

But before Messi's opener, Croatia was the better team. The midfield, powered by Luka Modric helped them control possession for most of the half.

A photo exhibition themed “30 years of Vietnam- Republic of Korea cooperation”, co-organised by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Yonhap News Agency of the RoK, opened in Hanoi on December 14 on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (1992-2022).

It got to the point where even the company saw the funny side, kind of, tweeting: “This is awkward”, although it was soon deleted.

A series of seven movies themed on Vietnamese soldiers will be screened during a film week that will take place from December 18-21.

Under Lê Văn Quang's reign, Vietnamese rowing has reached international competitions from Southeast Asia to the Olympics.

Young fighter Nguyễn Hữu Thế Vinh won Quảng Ninh a National Sports Games taekwondo gold medal on December 12 at the Cẩm Phả City Gymnasium.

An exhibition featuring the Mau Than General Offensive and Uprising in 1968 spring, and another on the Paris Peace Accords were opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 13.

An exhibition entitled “Vietnam-Italy Space Technology and Application. Looking Beyond” is underway in Hanoi, featuring 23 high-definition images of the Earth taken by Italian satellite system COSMO-SkyMed and processed by Telespazio/e-GEOS.

The 18-year-old athlete claimed his first senior tournament title in the men's 5km cross-country time trial. He was first with a time of 19.41min on Saturday in Hòa Bình Province.

Quảng Ninh archers had a successful day on December 11, bagging one gold and one bronze medals in the National Sports Games.