Vietnam
HANOI (15 Feb 2012) – Newcomer Saigon FC moved up to second in the Vietnam Super League after dumping former champions SHB Da Nang 2-1 at the Thong Nhat Stadium. The win allowed Saigon to not only occupy the spot behind current league leaders Hanoi T&T, but also ensured that they remained unbeaten after five…
HANOI (13 Feb 2012) – The order was clear but whether the recently launched Vietnam Super League will revert back to using the acronym V-League remained to be seen. The Vietnam General Department of Physical Training and Sports had earlier directed the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to revert back to using V-League from the Vietnam…
HANOI (8 Feb 2012) – Hanoi T&T grabbed the lead in the Vietnam Super League 2012 when two goals from international Nguyen Van Quyet allowed them to see off debutants Kienlongbank Kien Giang 2-1. With strikers Ngoc Duy, Sy Cuong and Attram Kwame all not finding the target, it was left to Van Quyet to…
HANOI (2 Feb 2012) – A football for free community programme has been initiated in Vietnam with the youth exposed to the same programme as Barcelona’s La Masia Academy. Players between the age of 6 to 14-years-old will be exposed to the training method through a partnership programme between FC Barcelona, the Vietnam Football Federation…
HANOI (21 Jan 2012) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) showed that they do not tolerate indiscipline on the field when they banned four players between two to four matches for various offences. The third match day of the Vietnam Super League did not go as well as expected with three out of seven matches…
HANOI (16 Jan 2012) – The TV rights issue over the broadcast of Vietnam Super League matches has apparently been resolved following their intervention of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Tan Dung directed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism this week to resolve the conflict so as to live up to spectators’ expectations…