Vietnam
HANOI (4 July 2012) – With exactly a week left to the official draw of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 in Thailand, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) are already looking ahead to the months ahead in the build up to the tournament at the end of November. There is already an existing invitation from the…
HANOI (25 June 2012) – An own goal from Mozambique’s Manuel in the second half saved 2008 ASEAN champions Vietnam the blushes in a friendly that was played at the My Dinh National Stadium. Playing in front of their home fans was scant motivation for Vietnam as they failed to make good on the several…
HANOI (22 June 2012) – The Vietnam national Under-22 team beat their counterparts from Thailand 2-1 in a friendly in Bangkok which also saw two players being sent off. Both players were from Vietnam and they were Le Quoc Phuong, who was red carded in the first half while the other is Nguyen Van Thuan,…
HANOI (11 June 2012) – Vietnam picked up from their 3-0 loss to China in their last friendly match to beat Hong Kong 2-1 with striker Nguyen Trong Hoang slamming the winner in the second half. In the the match that was played at the Mongkok Studium last night, the hosts took the lead in…
HANOI (9 June 2012) – Vietnam fell to a 3-0 loss to China at the Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium while Singapore held defending AFF Suzuki Cup champions Malaysia to a 2-2 draw at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The Vietnamese, fielding their first ever local coach in 16 years with the recent announcement of…
HANOI (8 June 2012) – Former ASEAN champions Vietnam are not looking to change the record books when they face China in a friendly in Wuhan City later today. For the record, Vietnam had never beaten China in six matches they had played previously. As newly appointed chief coach Phan Thanh Hung pointed out, the…