Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY (20 Oct 2009) – Vietnam will take on defending champions Turkmenistan today in the opening match of the Ho Chi Minh City International Football Tournament – SJC Cup 2009. The tournament which is slated for 20-24 October will be played at the Thong Nhat Stadium. The other match of the day…
HANOI (4 Oct 2009) – The Vietnam women’s national team will head to Japan a week later than scheduled to allow the Japan FA (JFA) more time to arrange for better quality matches. The team is being prepared for the 25th SEA Games which will be held in Laos at the end of the year.…
HANOI (1 Oct 2009) – Following the decision by Vietnam head coach Henrique Calisto not to take part in the pre-SEA Games in Laos which kicks-off tomorrow in Vientiane, the Under-23 side will be lining up several matches against teams from the V-League instead. Calisto made this announcement immediately after the team’s return from a…
HANOI (11 Sept 2009) – The just concluded V-League saw an increased in attendance with some 1.8 million fans going through the turnstiles. Through the figures released recently by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), an increased of 10,000 fans per game were recorded. Special mention were also accorded in the report of the achievements of…
HANOI (9 Sept 2009) – The Vietnam national women’s football team will be aiming to win their fourth SEA Games gold Laos at the end of the year. The Vietnamese girls had made it a hat-trick of titles with wins in 2001 (Malaysia), 2003 (Vietnam) and 2005 (Philippines) but was denied two years ago in…
HANOI (5 Sept 2009) – Henrique Calisto, the head coach of Vietnam, has released the names of 33 players who will form the Under-23 training squad for the SEA Games – with the majority of them coming from the team which won the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia last year. But Calisto ascertained that the list…