(BGO) – The Vietnam
Sports Administration organised the national family badminton and table tennis championship
2017 in the south central coastal province
of Binh Thuan on August
3-8, attracting nearly 300 athletes from 25 provinces and cities nationwide.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien bade farewell to the Vietnam contingent at a simple ceremony in Hanoi on August 8, as they headed for the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nguyen Ngoc Thien, paid a visit to the Hanoi National Sports Training Centre on August 7, in order to encourage Vietnam’s athletes and the coaching staff, prior to their arrival in Malaysia for the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
Viet Nam will organise professional golf tournaments with a view to improving local players’ skills and drawing more attention to golfing facilities in the country, officials said Friday.
More than 5,000 athletes, both professional and amateur, from 44 countries and territories, participated in the Da Nang International Marathon 2017 in central coastal Da Nang city on August 6.
Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi province on August 2.
