Up to 250 martial artists from 32 teams will be taking part in the National Karate Championship, part of the sixth National Sports Games, at Quang Ngai Gymnasium on September 4-9.
They will compete for 22 sets of medals.
Hoping to top the leader board, Ha Noi have recalled Southeast Asian Games gold medallist Nguyen Hoang Ngan.
Ngan, who won the 15th World Championship in Greece in 2006, is currently attending a four-year training course in Japan, ahead of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in November.
Members of the national karatedo team, who are training at the Ha Noi-based National Sports Centre, will also be representing their local teams at the event.
Later, the national team will be taking part in the Indonesia Open on September 23-26 and the Turkey Open on September 14-20.
Viet Nam's last international tournament before the Asian Games will be the World Karatedo Championship in Serbia in mid-October.
AFC calls up Vietnamese referees
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has called upon the services of several Vietnamese referees to officiate at a number of matches around the region.
Referee Mai Hoang Trang and assistant Kieu Thi Thuy will officiate in the first round of the 2011 U19 Asian Women's Championships in the Philippines from October 20-24.
They will then referee games at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, from November 14-24.
FIFA-affiliated referees Vo Minh Tri and assistant Nguyen Hoang Minh will be officiating in the final round of the 2010 Asian Men's Championships in Zibo, China, before travelling to Guangzhou for the Asian Games.
Tri will also be in charge of the match between South Korea's Pohang Steelers and Iran's Zobahan in the quarter-finals of the 2010 AFC Champions League in Pohang on September 22.
Meanwhile, Dinh Van Dung and Nguyen Hien Triet will be attending the final training course for referees in 2008 organised by the AFC in Malaysia from November 18-24. They will also be guests of the 2010 AFC Gala. — VNS
