Hoi An · Sports & events

The nearest top-flight football is forty-five minutes north at Hoa Xuan Stadium; the V.League season now runs from autumn through to the following summer.

Dragon-boat and sampan racing on the river around Tet and the spring festivals, rowed by village crews and watched free from both banks.

Shuttlecock kicking — a foot-and-net game closer to takraw than badminton — takes over the riverside squares and school yards each evening.

Small, forgiving beach break from roughly September to December, with board hire on the sand; paddleboards work on the river year-round.