Vietnam defeated Bahrain with the score 1-0 in football at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia on Thursday evening. Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong shines in the 87th minute to help Vietnam enter the event’s quarter-finals for the first time in history.

Vietnamese rowers won first gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s lightweight quadruple sculls event at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia on August 23.

Hanoi, Vietnam, August 3, 2018: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has confirmed that the Vietnam delegation for the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia will consist of 532 athletes, coaches and officials.

31 July 2018: With exactly two years to go until the athletics action gets underway at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has published the qualification system for the Games in Japan's capital.

As part of the lively celebrations to mark two years to go until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, thousands of people gathered in the Japanese capital city to try Olympic sports and light up the night sky in the colours of the Olympic rings. 

Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, June 19, 2018: On the occasion of the 124th anniversary of the founding of the IOC on June 23, 1894, the Vietnam Olympic Committee organised Youth Olympic Day 2018 at Binh Yen High School in Dinh Hoa district, Thai Nguyen province, in coordination with the People's Committee of Dinh Hoa district.