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>> V.League 1-2021 to restart in mid-March This was the first working session of national team coach Park since his return to Vietnam following a hometown vacation and the completion of medical quarantine and check-up in line with regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control. The meeting was attended by leaders of divisions at the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), assistant coaches, and the national team’s medical team. As is widely known, due to the impact of the pandemic, most international tournaments in 2020 have been postponed, cancelled or rescheduled to 2021, thus affecting the plans of national teams. However, with proactive response to the development of COVID-19, the VFF has worked with its professional divisions and the coaching staff to design and adjust plans aimed towards the successful realisation of the set objectives. For example, last year, the national teams’ plans were adjusted to utilise domestic training camps to maintain forces and professional assessment in preparation for this year’s goals, which are: to further advance in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, make it through to the finals of the 2022 AFC U23 Championship, and defend the AFF Suzuki Cup trophy as well as the gold medals in both men’s and women’s football at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31). As for the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has officially announced the list of matches rescheduled to June 2021. Next, based on the necessary conditions related to pandemic prevention and control and the standards of facilities for teams’ training and competition, the AFC will select the most suitable country to host the remaining fixtures of Group G following a centralised approach. As scheduled, Vietnam will play Indonesia and Malaysia on June 7 and 11, respectively, before concluding the Group G qualification campaign with a clash against the UAE on June 15. Evaluating such …

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>>> V.League 1-2021 to restart in mid-March >>> Vietnamese athletics eye reign defence at SEA Games 31 >>> Two Vietnamese match officials shortlisted to officiate at 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Explaining the reason for proffering the honour, football’s world governing body said Vietnam successfully organised the national women’s tournaments in 2020 thanks to its effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling referees and assistant referees to maintain their professional activities and form as well as to improve their capabilities. Those objective assessments have contributed to affirming the prestige of Vietnamese sports as a whole in terms of not only women’s football but also other events, in the context that the country is well implementing pandemic prevention and control measures to bring society back to normality. Last year, Vietnam’s sport sector successfully organised 148 national competitions, especially the V.League 1-2020 national football championship with stadiums full of spectators, producing great surprise and winning admiration from international friends. In addition, Vietnam sent many teams to compete in 18 international tournaments, earning a haul of medals and five official berths at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. Vietnam maintained a stable training programme for national teams in all sports at the national sport training centre, while opening 16 referee and coach training classes, thus enabling referees, trainers, and athletes to continue improving and honing their professional skills. The aforementioned achievements are prideworthy as many international competitions and also national tournaments in other countries, even developed ones, were either cancelled or suspended for a long time, even for the whole year, significantly affecting the training, competition and professional qualifications of coaches and athletes. International friends have recognised and highly appreciated Vietnam’s COVID-19 …

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