Football

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s national team will begin a training course at the Promotion Fund for Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) Football Training Centre in the northern province of Hung Yen on August 18 to prepare for the upcoming World Cup 2022 qualifiers. Korean head coach Park Hang-seo will call up 30 players for the training course, giving some new faces the opportunity to stake their claim for a place in the squad. New stars in this V.League 1 season like Phan Van Long, Ho Tan Tai and Nguyen Hai Long will likely be given a chance to show their worth. The upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region will see Vietnam play away against Malaysia on October 13. The team's final two fixtures in Group G are at home against Indonesia on November 12, before finishing with a clash away against the United Arab Emirates on November 17. Vietnam currently top the second qualifying round's Group G with 11 points after five matches./.  … [Read more...] about Vietnam prepare for World Cup 2022 qualifiers

As plan, the Vietnamese team will gather on August 18. The adjustment is applied as the footballers of Da Nang and Quang Nam Clubs have to complete the 14-day quarantine requirement.  Currently, the Vietnamese team is temporarily ranked in the first of Group G.  The gathering location is also changed from the VFF Vietnam Youth Football Training Center in the capital city of Hanoi to the Youth Football Training Center in Hung Yen Province or Viettel Sports Center. The list of 30 football players will be announced later.  … [Read more...] about Vietnamese team to gather on August 18 for 2022 World Cup qualification

Vientiane (VNA) – A friendly sport exchange programme between Vietnam and Laos wrapped up in Vientiane on August 8. Sixteen teams with over 250 athletes from Lao ministries and departments as well as Vietnamese representative offices and businesses competed in football, badminton and Chinese chess during the three-day event. Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung said the programme is expected to become an annual event to help further strengthen the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos. Meanwhile, Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bounleua Phandanouvong and Lieutenant General Bounmy Sengkhamyong from the Lao Ministry of Public Security spoke highly of the event, which further tightens the close-knit relations between the two countries as well as helps young generations understand better about the bilateral special solidarity./. … [Read more...] about Sport exchange programme helps strengthen Vietnam-Laos solidarity

According to Tran Anh Tu, General Director of Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) Company – which is running the three tournaments, V.League 2020 may return in September if the disease is brought under control and the organisers receive the nod from the relevant agencies. In a recent meeting, the VFF and VPF sat together to come up with a plan to resume the nation’s top flight. Accordingly, there are several scenarios envisaged by the organisers. In the scenario where the epidemic has been brought under control in the near future, the tournament can return in early, mid or late September and the fixtures will be sent to the participating clubs for reference. In case the disease progresses or there is not enough time to resume the tournament, the 2020 V.League will stop, but with the agreement of the competing clubs. VFF confirmed that it will only cancel the league as requested by the Government. The second postponement of the V.League without a return date has caused … [Read more...] about V.League to resume next month

Information regarding the fixtures was released by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) during a recent meeting to discuss rescheduling all matches taking place later in the year due to impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. … [Read more...] about Vietnam set to face Malaysia in World Cup qualifier in October