A Hanoi man made a surprise proposal to his girlfriend and shot a one-of-a-kind pre-wedding album on Tuesday night, when Vietnam’s U23 football team rocked the country by upsetting Qatar to make it to the 2018 AFC U23 Championship final game. The album, showing the couple happily posing with a sea of people donning red and yellow T-shirts and carrying the Vietnamese national flag in the background, caused a stir on Facebook on the same night. The groom-to-be, Vu Quang Tam, carefully discussed the plan with his photographer Hai Le Cao after Vietnam won their quarterfinal match against Iraq on Saturday. “We were both convinced that Vietnam would continue to win and decided to do something special when the whole nation celebrated such a historic moment with pride,” the photographer, who fielded more than 4,000 ‘likes’ after sharing parts of his works on Facebook, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. The most crucial factor for the idea to work as planned was that Vietnam beat Qatar in their semifinal match in China on Tuesday afternoon, which really happened. Tam therefore said he was overwhelmed with happiness after Vietnam edged out Qatar 4-3 on penalties, which means his wish had come true. “If Vietnam lost the game, I might have to delay the plan until Valentine’s Day or another occasion,” he said. As people across the country took to the streets in glorification of the historic win on Tuesday night, Tam proposed to his girlfriend, Truong Thi Bich Dao, and told her to get… [Read full story]
Viet Nam revel in AFF Cup victory (29-12-2008) PM Nguyen Tan Dung presents the AFF Suzuki Cup to national team captain Phan Van Tai Em. Viet Nam held Thailand 1-1 yesterday in Ha Noi to win the cup on aggregate points. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam Fans throng Ha Noi streets last night to celebrate the victory. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh Undiscovered territory: Vietnamese midfielder Huynh Quang Thanh (left) is surrounded by Thai players during the AFF Cup final match yesterday in Ha Noi. Viet Nam won 3-2 on aggregate and lift the cup for the first time in…... [read more]
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a congratulatory message to Vietnam's U23 team saying their victory is a great pride of Vietnamese sports and Vietnamese football in particular. On behalf of the Vietnamese government, Prime Minister Phuc extended the warmest greetings to the team and coach Park Hang Seo and expressed his hope that the team will bring into play unity, disciplines, and confidence to gain further success in the semi-finals to enter the final. Vietnam’s win has been widely praised on foreign media. On its Twitter account at AFC.com, the Asian Football Confederation praised the match between Vietnam…... [read more]
>>> Vietnam edge out Iraq in penalty shootout to advance to semi-finals >>> International media highlights Vietnam’s AFC U23 feat >>> PM sends congratulations to Vietnam U23 over historic results Vietnam was not as highly rated as Iraq U23, as of their disadvantage in height and physical strength, coach Park Hang-seo’s players proved their strong determination to create consecutive surprises. This is a deserved win for the Vietnamese squad as they had consistently fought back and played courageously to ease the pressure in the 120 minutes against Iraq. They tied 3-3 after overtime and later ended up 5-3 during the…... [read more]
Vietnam could bring some surprises at the finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, which will open in China on January 9, said an article on the Chinese sports website catjc.com. Vietnam's U23 football teamThe article said Vietnam’s football has seen strong development with outstanding achievements, such as earning a ticket to the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time ever in 2017.Vietnam is certainly an unknown in Group D, it said.Vietnam is in Group D of the AFC event alongside Syria, Australia and the RoK.The AFC website, in its article introducing the AFC U23 Championship contenders,…... [read more]
Google made a mistake on Saturday night showing that Iraq advanced to the semifinals of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship, when it was the Vietnamese team that had won the quarterfinal game. After Vietnam’s epic victory over Iraq last night, many supporters were astonished to find a completely different result when trying to search for the time of Vietnam’s upcoming match in the semifinals. Upon capturing such common keywords as ‘Asian U23 schedule’ and ‘AFC U23 semifinals’ on Google, Internet users saw that the semifinal game would be between Iraq and Qatar. The wrong information was there for several hours…... [read more]
