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Vietnam’s national women’s football team will train in Japan, Germany and New Zealand to prepare for the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup. In their first Women’s World Cup ever, Vietnam is in group E with defending champion the United States, the defending runner-up Netherlands and the play-off winner between Portugal …

Philippe Troussier, the new head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, has recruited two French assistants for his team. Troussier will come to Hanoi on Feb. 26, one day after signing with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), where he will talk to the media. The French coach will bring along …

The Women’s World Cup trophy will stop in Vietnam next month on its world tour. The journey organized by FIFA to promote the tournament is taking the trophy to the 29 countries participating in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The world’s most prominent women’s football tournament is still awaiting three …

Thai football club Buriram United have been undefeated over 25 consecutive matches in the league and other domestic competitions, the longest winning streak in the world this year. Their last defeat was on August 6, 2022, against BG Pathum United in the Thailand Champions Cup. Since then they have won …

Eighteen referees and assistant referees are attending a video assistant referee (VAR) technology training course, which was launched by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) on Feb. 20. Vice President of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Anh Tu said the training is of significant importance for the …

Vietnam has sent athletes to compete at the Asian Jujitsu Championship from Feb. 23-28 in Thailand. The 35-strong team includes world beach cup champions and 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games winners Phung Thi Hue, Dao Hong Son and Hoang Thi Nhat Que. The event in the Thai capital Bangkok will …

Forward Nguyen Van Toan had an assist in his first game for Seoul E-Land on Thursday. Toan started in this friendly match against Incheon United and soon made an impact in the 13th minute with an assist for striker Ronan David to open the scoring. Incheon equalized five minutes later, …

Cambodia, the host of this year’s SEA Games, has decided that in the men’s football event teams can only field U22 players instead of extra overage players. In 2001 it was decided that only U23 players will play in the event. In 2017, the participating countries agreed to change that …

Ho Chi Minh City had a sleepless night with more than 10,000 people running under colorful street lights during the VnExpress Marathon midnight race last Sunday.     Lively running track at VnExpress Marathon HCMC Midnight VM HCMC Midnight

Thirty two out of 1,600 full marathon runners finished the VnExpress Marathon HCMC Midnight 2023 in under three hours (sub 3), mostly amateurs, making the tournament with the most sub 3 runners in the VnExpress races. Some of the runners are familiar names within the Vietnamese marathon community, including Dang …