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Bùi Tiến Dũng saved two penalties as Đà Nẵng eliminated Hanoi FC from the 2026/27 National Cup qualifying round after a 1-1 draw and 4-3 shootout win at Hàng Đẫy on September 20. He stopped Adam Taggart and Đỗ Hoàng Hên.
Thailand’s under-23 side beat Hong Kong 5–1 and Japan defeated Kyrgyzstan 7–0 in Asian Games men’s football Group A on September 20. Both have six points and secured quarter-final places early; their September 23 meeting decides first place.
The Philippines named a 23-player squad for Division 1 Group B, drawing heavily on overseas-based players. Carles Cuadrat’s side face Vietnam on September 26, Pakistan on September 29 and Thailand on October 2.
Triệu Tiến Luyện and Lê Thị Hà won the marathon titles in Cần Giờ on September 20 in 2:41:26 and 2:57:57. Around 4,000 runners took part in the fifth edition.
Forty Mid-Autumn lantern models took part in the Thành Tuyên Festival Night on September 20, illuminating Nguyễn Tất Thành Square and surrounding streets. Dragon, carp and fairy-tale designs showcased community creativity and Tuyên Quang’s cultural identity.
Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-3 at the Etihad to lead the Premier League with 15 points from five games. Enzo Fernandez, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo scored for City, while Brian Brobbey netted all three Sunderland goals.
Finance Minister Ngô Văn Tuấn met FTSE Russell CEO Fiona Bassett ahead of Vietnam’s planned entry into FTSE’s global indexes on September 21. FTSE proposed cooperation on index products and risk-management tools, plus research into liquidity for overseas-listed derivatives based on the FTSE Vietnam Index.
Vietnam’s women arrived in Osaka on September 18 and trained at J-Green Sakai ahead of their final Group E match against Thailand on September 21. They are third with a minus-nine goal difference and remain in contention for one of two quarter-final places for the best third-placed teams.
Nguyễn Thiên Phụng and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim won U50 recognised poomsae mixed-pair gold at the world championships in Chuncheon, South Korea, beating Denmark in the final. Vietnam rose to fifth in the medal standings, while the team targets the U50 women’s event.
