Vietnam

Eclat Media Group has acquired English Premier League media rights in Japan and South Korea for the next cycle, beginning 2022-23, SportBusiness understands

Bids are due today (Thursday) for English Premier League media rights for 2022-23 onwards in 14 Asian markets. Would-be bidders have been mulling the opportunity since the tender was released in mid-December

Home to superfans and voracious consumers of sports content, Vietnam has great potential for the sports industry. But it’s got to be approached with tact, says Ian Paynton, co-founder of Hanoi-based content agency We Create Content.

Sports broadcaster SPOTV has acquired Badminton World Federation media rights in 12 Asia-Pacific markets in a five-year deal, from 2022 to 2026, brokered by the Infront agency

Pay-television operator Canal Plus has broadened its sports rights portfolio outside of mainland France by agreeing a multi-year deal with mixed martial arts’ Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Eclat Media Group has continued its effort to replace Fox Sports as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific, acquiring exclusive rights to The Open Championship across the region in a three-year deal.

The organisers of next year's Southeast Asian Games have announced that Saigon Beer has joined the event as a sponsor.

A new esports confederation, the Southeast Asian Esports Federation, has been established by national esports federations from the region

This year's postponed Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam will now be held in May next year

Vietnamese property developer Hung Thinh Land has become an Official Global Supporter of the Asian Football Confederation's Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup

Singapore will host the entire 2020 Suzuki Cup national team football tournament, in a break with tradition for the competition due to the pandemic

The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Federation has given host Vietnam until October to decide on its plan for the postponed 2021 SEA Games, according to Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino

South Korean company Eclat Media Group is aiming to fill the gap left by the closure of Fox Sports Asia by launching a new, pan-regional sports pay-television and digital platform in Asia-Pacific

Vietnam's Ministry of Finance is looking at a significant relaxation of restrictions on football betting in the country, according to government-run media outlet Voice of Vietnam

The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a sponsorship deal with Vietnamese instant coffee brand PhinDeli for the Fifa 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifiers

Vietnam's VBA basketball league has cancelled its 2021 season at the playoff stage due to the worsening Covid situation in the country