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Why not win both Roland Garros and Olympic gold, asks Djokovic

Why not win both Roland Garros and Olympic gold, asks Djokovic

The French Open title and an Olympic gold medal are the only major prizes in tennis to have eluded Novak Djokovic, and for the Serb, there is no point discussing which he would rather win this year

Ha Thanh named athlete of the year

After a successful 2011, gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been voted athlete of the year.

2011: a rewarding year for athletes

2011: a rewarding year for athletes

Bodybuilder My Linh pocketed US$19,500 in 2011

Disabled weightlifter eager for London competition

Disabled weightlifter eager for London competition

A disabled Vietnamese woman, who had never thought that she could play a sport, is preparing to compete with top global athletes at the Paralympics, to be held in London next year

Weightlifters set their sights on London

Viet Nam has targeted sending two weightlifters to next summer's Olympics in London.

Vietnam’s 8 unforgetables at 26th SEA Games

Vietnam’s 8 unforgetables at 26th SEA Games

The SEA Games have closed, but they left behind unforgettable and unpalatable moments that still reverberate among Vietnamese fans

Khanh wins silver in world contest

Khanh wins silver in world contest

Tran Vuong Mai Khanh won a silver medal in the girls' U-8 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Brazil on Sunday.

Two Vietnamese martial artists qualifify for London Olympics

Two Vietnamese martial artists have won entry to the 2012 London Olympics after finishing second and third at the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.

Viet Nam takes third place in medal tally

Viet Nam takes third place in medal tally

The curtain was down at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia yesterday at the Palembang City's Jakabaring Sports Complex which saw thousands of athletes competing for glory...

Vietnam leaves SEA Games at third place

Vietnam leaves SEA Games at third place

With a total of 96 gold medals, Vietnam trails behind host Indonesia and Thailand in the medal standing as the SEA Games closing ceremony was held Tuesday

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of