The Vietnamese national football team defeated Thailand at Rajamangala Stadium with a 5-3 aggregate score to claim the AFF Cup 2024 championship.

The distinctive cultural practice of the Thai ethnic minority is being re-enacted in Hanoi, offering visitors a chance to experience this fascinating tradition until January 31.

Starting today, January 2, two historical landmarks in Hanoi's Old Quarter will charge admission to raise funds for the preservation of the city's cultural heritage.

With 35 gold, 30 silver and 36 bronze medals after the sixth day of competition on September 30, Vietnam continued to retain the first position at the ongoing 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5).

Vietnam took the lead in medal tally of the 5th Asian Beach Games, winning 31 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze medals on day five.

World famous basketball tournament American National Basketball Association (NBA) will be telecast live in Vietnam for three seasons starting from this year.

After three days of competition at the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) in the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam lead the ABG5’s medal table with 18 gold, 17 silver and 23 bronze medals.

On the first day of competition at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) in the central city of Da Nang, Phan Thi Phuong won the first gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s Fairway single event of Beach Woodball.

A flag-raising ceremony for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5-2016) was organised in Pham Van Dong park, central Da Nang city, on September 22.

With a convincing 3-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan on September 22, U16 Vietnam will play Iran at 5.50pm (Vietnam time) on September 25 at the knock-out stage as the sole representative of the South East Asia region in the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship 2016 in India.

The movie Trung So (Jackpot) is the only Vietnamese representative at the 25th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Tangshan, in north China’s Hebei Province.

Vietnam’s futsal (indoor football) national team made history by reaching the knockout stage at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in its first-time appearance at the event in Colombia.

Four films selected from the FIFA Mons, the Festival of Films about Love of Mons (Festival international du film d’amour de Mons), are being screened in Hanoi from September 14 through September 17.

World No 42 Vietnam beat world No 24 Guatemala 4-2 in their opening game on September 12 at the FIFA Futsal World Cup are being held from September 10 to October 1 in Colombia.

Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won the silver medal in the final of the Men`s 50m Freestyle - S5 Heat 2 at Rio Paralympics 2016 in Brazil on September 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message conveyeing his congratulations to the Vietnamese Paralympics delegation and Le Van Cong in particular, expressing his hope that members of the delegation will win more medals at the Paralympics 2016.

In early morning of September 9 (Vietnam time), power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam in the men’s 49kg category.

“Cuoc Doi cua Yen” (Yen’s Life) directed by Dinh Tuan Vu will be screened during the fifth ASEAN film festival in the Prague, the Czech Republic, according to the information of the Organisation Board announced during a recent press conference.

Vietnam will host the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG) slated for September 24-October 3 in the central province of Da Nang toward free from cigarette, according to the Games organising board.

About 100 athletes from four Southeast Asian countries are showing off their gymnastic skills at the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships in Hanoi.

Eternité (Eternity), the latest French language debut by French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, will be screened in Vietnam this September.

Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh was welcomed by cheering fans upon his return to Hanoi on August 14 after his Rio Olympics victory.

Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 2-0 in the women’s singles group J on the eighth day of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 13 (Brazil time).