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Thailand came from two goals down to beat Kyrgyzstan 3-2 in the 2026 Asian Games men’s football opener. Jehhanafee Mamah pulled one back in the 55th minute before Paripan Wongsa scored twice in the 69th and 73rd minutes, giving Thailand its first win across three Asian Games editions.
Real Madrid beat Elche 3-2 in La Liga’s sixth round after Carlos Espi scored the winner in the first minute of stoppage time. Kylian Mbappe scored once and set up the late goal, taking his league tally to seven this season.
Hanoi’s No. 35 Trang Tien ice-cream shop closed on Sept. 15 after nearly 70 years, while Japanese photographer Yuichi Kobayashi’s images document the outlet from the late 1990s. The brand says nearby branches at 18 Hang Bai, 44 Trang Tien and 18 Ngo Quyen remain open.
Liverpool beat Tottenham 3-1 and Arsenal defeated Ipswich Town 4-2 to reach the English League Cup fourth round. Sixteen-year-old Max Dowman scored twice for Arsenal.
Garden Pier at Nagoya port has about 200 wood-style container units, each roughly 70 square metres and able to house up to six people, as part of the 2026 Asian Games’ dispersed accommodation plan. The units are planned for reuse as temporary disaster-relief housing in Japan after the Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
Vietnam’s Mixed Martial Arts Federation held a send-off in Hanoi before its team travels on Sept. 18 to the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with a target of at least one medal. The team includes Quang Van Minh in men’s 77kg traditional MMA and Lo Thi Phung in women’s 54kg modern MMA.
Vietnam defeated Qatar 3-0 in the women’s volleyball opener at the 2026 Asian Games, winning 25-3, 25-8 and 25-9 in 49 minutes. Vietnam is targeting a top-four finish and will next face Hong Kong.
Vietnamese Deputy Finance Minister Nguyễn Đức Chi met Austria’s FMA leader Mariana Kühnel in Vienna on Sept. 15 to discuss financial-market supervision and crypto-asset regulation. Vietnam says it has a pilot legal framework and plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026.
Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND27.7565 trillion through 20 government-bond auctions in August, bringing eight-month issuance to VND228.9213 trillion, or 46% of the annual plan. Five-year and 10-year bonds accounted for 51.2% and 46.7% of the month’s issuance, respectively.
