Hanoi, Viet Nam, April 17, 2024 - "Female athletes should prepare themselves a solid foundation for the future - when they stop competing professionally."

A photo exhibition on well-known Vietnamese female athletes is underway at Hanoi’s Vietnamese Women’s Museum to welcome the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games.

There has been little change in the FIFA women’s football rankings in the first quarter this year. The Vietnamese team still leads the Southeastern Asian region and is No. 32 in the world with 1638 points.

Vietnamese athletes will be competing in the Asian Games for only the second time when the biggest sporting event of the region kicks off in China this November.

The National Women's Football Championship will kick off next Monday in the northern province of Ha Nam.

Vietnam is placed 22nd in the world women’s chess rankings with international Grand Masters and six masters and an average Elo rating of 2251, according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has announced that the Vietnamese national women’s football team ranks 32nd in the world table.

The Vietnam women’s football team won the International Women’s Football Tournament TKV after beating Thailand 2-0 at Cua Ong Stadium in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam women’s football team defeated Thailand with a score of 2-0 to win the championship title in the International Women’s Football Tournament TKV 2009 in Cua Ong stadium in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 23.

Viet Nam's Karate team won three silvers and two bronzes at the ninth Asian Karate Championship at Foshan City in Guangdong province in China.

After nearly one year of rest because of injuries, runner Vu Thi Huong on September 16 returned impressively, setting a national record in the women’s 100m race at the National Track and Field Championship 2009.

Vietnam defeated Ucraine’s Technokom 3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-23) in a very thrilling final at the International Women’s Tournament-VTV Cup, winning the VTV Cup at the Buon Me Thuot Gymnasium on August 22.

“It is often said that young people are our future. They are our present, too. It is today, and not tomorrow, that we must invest in young people and include them in solving the great challenges of our times,” Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director wrote in a message on the International Youth Day (August 12).

Twenty-six women players will be called in on August 23 to prepare for the 2009 Southeast Asian U16 Women Football Championship.

The organizers of the third Asian Indoor Games have selected Duong Truong Thien Ly, the favourite candidate at the 2008 Miss World contest, as an ambassador to the games.

Karakas Nguyen Hoang Ngan clinched gold in the women’s kata (performance) event at the World Games in Kaoshiung City, Taiwan yesterday, July 26.

The Vietnamese women’s football team qualified for the final round of the 2010 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup after thrashing Hong Kong 7-0 in the final group game yesterday.

Vietnam's Truong Thanh Hang bagged one more silver in the women's 800m race at the third round of the Asian Grand Prix 2009, held in Hong on May 30.

Don’t try this at home: The SEA Games champion, duo Tran Thi Thu Ha, and Nguyen Ba Dong took gold for Viet Nam at the Sport Aerobics Suzuki World Cup Team in Tokyo

VietNamNet Bridge - 8 members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) including Australia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and the home country Vietnam will take part in the Festival from June 17-30.

Nhan Dan - High jumper Bui Thi Nhung won the gold in the women’s 1.88m high jump event at the second Asian All Stars Athletic Competition opened in Bhopal, India, on September 18.

As many as 22 Vietnamese athletes have qualified to compete at the Beijing Olympics which will take place from 8 to 24 August

Vietnam’s Truong Thanh Hang won three consecutive gold medals in the women’s 1,500m, and her third gold medal was won in the last leg of the Asian Athletics Association Grand Prix in Hanoi on June 30.

Securing an impressive 4-1 win over Thai Nguyen on June 30, Hanoi have taken the top place in the first leg of the National Women's Football Championship with 10 points.

Tran Thi Ngoc Tram was the only Vietnamese to take home a medal at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Zheng Zhou, China, on Sunday, winning bronze in the women’s over-72kg category.

Viet Nam trounced Malaysia 9-0 in the second match of Group A on Sept. 9, booking an early berth in the semi-finals of the third ASEAN Women’s Football Championships being held in Myanmar.

Vietnamese chess masters got off to a good start at the Asian Women’s Individual Chess Championships when they nearly all clinched opening wins in Tehran yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2007 Global Vietnamese Pageant will take place at the Vinpearl Resort in Khanh Hoa Province’s coastal city of Nha Trang from August 22 to September 2, according to the organizing board at a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 20.

Ha Noi (VNA) – Viet Nam beat Singapore 74-71 in their fourth match at the Asian Women’s Backet-ball Championship on June 6. The Vietnamese women took the game to the Singaporean team from the outset, eventually taking the first set 21-20. But, Singapore came back strongly, winning the next two sets 16-14 and 21-20.

Nearly 1,000 unique pieces of Vietnamese women’s jewellery were displayed at the Vietnam Women’s Museum, highlighting the variation of jewellery over the historical periods, the skills of artisans as well as the delicate aesthetics of Vietnamese women.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past several months, everyone who passes the HCM City Theatre has been impressed by a wall with the image of a young girl with curly hair and seductive smile ‘showing’ her Louis Vuitton bag

Nhan Dan Online- With a simple title ‘Giang’, the name of the artist herself, Tran Quynh Giang is introducing her latest 26 woodcut sets at the L’Espace France Culture Centre.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen from southern Binh Duong province won a cross-country race at the Malaysia Terrain Cycling Open Tournament on May 1.

The 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Club Championships will be held in Viet Nam in June.

The national women's football team is hard at work in training camp in order to finalise their line up and rectify some of the problems that plagued them during their disappointing Asian Games performance.

Late 15 Dec. 2006, in Hanoi, Vietnam Women’s Museum in cooperation with the Netherlands-Vietnam Medical Committee opened the Exhibition on the art of display for women in Hoa Huong Duong (Sunflower) Group who are infected with HIV/AIDS and women in Hoa Xuong Rong Group (Cactus flower) in Thai Nguyen and Hanoi. This exhibition is directed by the 2 artists from the Netherlands: Iris Honderdos and Arnon Peeters.

On 22th Dec, family of the late Japanese artist Chihiro Azumino visited and respectfully offered the Vietnam Women’s Union the painting “Our mother is not at home” (Me vang nha).

The pole vaulting hopes of the nation will be placed squarely on the shoulders of Tran Thi Lan, at this years 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

The rock queens of the McQueen music group will bring down Military Zone 7’s stadium in Ho Chi Minh City and rock Vietnamese rock fans with their performances on the musical night called U-Nite 07.

Young talented player Ngo Viet Ha was reported to be sponsored with US$7,500 to join a training course in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cai Luong (southern folk opera) Diva, Mrs. Nam Can Tho, passed away on January 24th in Ho Chi Minh City. She was 91 years old.

Dep Fair 2007, an exhibition of cosmetics and fashion, will be held for the eighth time at the Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace from March 7-11 with the theme “Honouring Beauty”.

On 8th January 2007, in Hanoi, Vietnam Women’s Museum (VWM) and Asian – Pacific Study Commission cultural diversity in human development held the Seminar on “Women and Museum with sustainable cultural development”.

Vietnamese karateist Nguyen Hoang Ngan won a gold medal in women’s kata event of the Paris Open contest on January 20 and 21, reported the Sports Daily.

Following Le Quang Liem, Le Thanh Tu and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Viet Nam on Thursday obtained two other berths for the World Chess Championships in Mexico in September this year.

In the night markets in Hang Ngang and Hang Dao Streets and in Dong Xuan Market, many students and elderly are wrapped up in drawing portraits of wayfers and foreign visitors. Standing in a group or sitting in a private corner with some pencils and paper, they earn good money with their talent. A portrait costs VND30-50,000.

Circus artist Nguyen Hong Hanh from the Vietnam Circus Federation has recently won the silver prize for her performance of balancing with a sword on the string at the first Valencia International Circus Festival.

Romanian diplomat Carmen Costea expresses her deep love of Hanoi after a four-year stay, recalling memories of its beauty, culture and people just as she leaves for an assignment back home.

The Association of Vietnamese Students in the UK (SVUK) is set to organize a music bash with the participation of sizzling Vietnam acappella group AC&M on March 2 to raise funds for the needy.

Sepak takraw player Luu Thi Thanh, who won two gold medal and one silver medal at the 15th Asian Games was voted as the Vietnamese Athlete of the Year in 2006 with a total of 1,378 points. Her coach Ha Tung Lap was the Coach of the Year in 2006. No footballers were in the top ten athletes in 2006, reported Vnexpress.