Vietnam
HANOI (7 Feb 2019) – ASEAN’s Most Valuable Player Nguyen Quang Hai of Vietnam has been invited to trai with Spanish side Deportivo Alaves next month. Quang Hai will be with Alaves for ten days where it is very likely that national team-mates Doan Van Hau or Bui Tien Dung might join him in Spain.…
HANOI (2 Feb 2019) – Vietnam will utilise players from the U20 for the AFF Under-22 Championship this month in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With most of their U22 players already playing at two tough competitions of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 and then the AFC Asian Cup 2019, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have decided…
HANOI (27 Jan 2019) – Italian giant AC Milan are set to open a football academy this year in Hanoi with the first class expected to start training in September 2019. The academy is collaboration between club AC Milan and Japanese-based Hojitsu Group. Young players are expected to be trained with Italian coaches, using the…
HANOI (24 Jan 2019) – The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) came into play twice tonight and in the end, played a big role in Vietnam’s exit from the quarterfinals of the AFC Asian Cup tonight following their 1-0 loss to Japan. The VAR first denied Japan the lead in the 24th minute when Maya Yoshida’s…
HANOI (20 Jan 2019) – Vietnam made the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 after beating Jordan 4-2 in the penalty shootout in a Round of 16 tie at the Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai. The score at the end of regulation and extra time was 1-1. Jordan put up the early pressure and…
HANOI (18 Jan 2019) – Vietnam made the cut for the Round of 16 of the AFC Asian Cup for only the second time in the history following the end of the group stage. After 36 matches, Vietnam and Oman claimed the Round of 16’s two remaining places with the former taking on unbeaten…