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Hanoi FC appoints new ‘temporary’ head coach

Hanoi FC appoints new 'temporary' head coach

Hanoi FC has announced that assistant Chun Jae-ho will replace Park Choong Kyun as the team’s new head coach because the latter is leaving for “personal reasons.” “Coach Park Choong Kyun will return to South Korea for personal reasons and assistant Chun Jae-ho will temporarily lead the club,” a Saturday …

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Vietnam GM off to sluggish start in online chess tournament

Vietnam GM off to sluggish start in online chess tournament

Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem scored four points in four games Sunday, the first day of the Airthings Masters online tournament. The 31-year-old grandmaster beat Canada’s Eric Hansen, drew with India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and lost to Russia’s Vladislav Artemiev and China’s Ding Liren. At the end of the first day, …

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SLNA aim for top three finish

  SLNA players train in preparation for the upcoming V.League 1 season. — Photo SLNA FC Football HÀ NỘI Big spenders Sông Lam Nghệ An (SLNA) are banking their investments pay off this season, and are targetting a top three finish in V.League 1. Before last season was scrapped because of …

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Football players, referees protected by PTI insurance

  Players will be insured when training and competing at national football tournaments. Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI — Post and Telecommunication Joint Stock Insurance Corporation (PTI) will continue covering health insurance for Vietnamese players in the 2022 football season. PTI and the Việt Nam Professional Football Company (VPF) on Friday signed …

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11th Para Games to take place in Indonesia

  The Vietnamese contingent enters the Opening Ceremony at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium during the 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Indonesia will organise the 11th ASEAN Para Games that Việt Nam cancelled several months ago. The regional competition for athletes with disabilities is …

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Vietnam chess grandmaster to play Chinese number one

Vietnam chess grandmaster to play Chinese number one

Le Quang Liem will face many strong opponents in the online tournament Airthings Masters, including China’s top player Ding Liren. Airthings Masters is the first tournament of the grand series 2022 Champion Chess Tour. The event will take place from Feb. 19 to 26 with 16 players, of which six …

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National women’s footballers and their side jobs

Since their income from football is not enough, many national women’s team players have looked to other jobs to support their families. Vietnamese women’s football has achieved great success in the region over the years. Recently, Vietnam have won tickets to 2023 Women’s World Cup after victories over Thailand and …

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