Kokurkin successfully escaped several times but in the middle of the third round, Nam took him down, locked his arm and delivered a rear-naked-choke. Kokurkin tried to get out but finally tapped in submission. 

The Vietnamese finswimmers also pocketed four silvers and three bronzes in other categories of both individual and team events.

Two other golds went to Lâm Thị Lợi and Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Mai in the women's duilian with swords and Mai Thị Kim Thùy in the women's individual performance with sword.

The Vietnamese Lại Lý Huynh secures six wins and three draws to have best 15 points to win World Xiangqi Championship's rapid Chinese chess category.

The former SEA Games champion finished first in a time of 2hr 25.04min, setting a new height in the men's full marathon category. The previous record of 2:31.00 was set by Trịnh Quốc Lượng in the 2020 edition.

Teenager Trần Ngọc Yến has secured nearly all the most prestigious titles for a player, from the national event to the world championships.

Việt Nam respects all rivals in Group D at the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup in Qatar and will eye a Paris Olympics' place from this tournament.

Beyond the aim of competing, Vovinam martial artists also view this event as an opportunity to reconnect with the roots of Vietnamese martial arts.

In terms of achievements, Vietnamese basketball has achieved success in recent SEA Games.

Việt Nam team finish the 16th World Wushu Championship with five golds, three silvers and three bronzes. 

The Golden Star Warriors could have sent 20,000 fans home in jubilation, had they not conceded to Mohanad Ali's header in the dying seconds.

More than 15,000 athletes have registered to take part in the 2023 Techcombank HCM City Marathon, breaking the record set by the previous edition.

Once again it was Đặng Trần Phương Nhi who stepped on to the top podium for the women's nanquan event.

Việt Nam will host Iraq in the second Group F round match at the Mỹ Đình Stadium in which the host sides are considered underdogs.

Kenshin Mizushima and Nguyễn Thị Kim Cương win the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Phú Quốc in Kiên Giang Province.

Phát, 28, was announced the champion with a knockout, a result that he promised at the press briefing prior to the match.

Hồ Tràm Rumble features four knockouts in which Zhu Dian Xing keeps the WBO Global championship and Trần Văn Thảo wins a thrilling match.

It has been recognised by Runner's World UK magazine as one of the 50 greatest races on earth.

The event, entitled Muay Thai Rampage (MTR): Call of Honor, will be organised for the first time in Việt Nam featuring strong local and international martial artists at the Saigon Sports Club.

Phạm Văn Nam is preparing for an important event in late November in HCM City, where he will fight for a belt in a new tournament that will help lift his name internationally.