It was the first conference in which the government leader asked concerned agencies to have answers in details to meet people’s demands and raise national football to even higher levels. The seminar was jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Education, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Vietnam Professional Football Company. The conference also attracted many others involved in the game, such as coaches, referees, journalists and football fans. During the five-hour conference, Dam pointed to different reasons leading to the limited number of spectators in the stands at almost all stadiums nationwide. He noted that there had been dishonest and unclear games, and he asked leaders of the VFF to develop a response to these problems. VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan admitted that this was the correct analysis, and confirmed that the national football governing body would do its best to solve the problems and assure the strong development of the sport. “Yes, there are problems, such as match fixing, violence and others. But VFF does not condone these and has made strong responses against these,” said Tuan. “We said ‘No’ to negative activities and forever expelled players and referees who were involved in these problems. Here we can look at the match fixing cases in Ninh Binh and Long An, as examples,” he said. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Khanh Hai and head of the V.League organising board Nguyen Minh Ngoc agreed with his statements. “We will… [Read full story]
Developing Vietnamese football until 2020, with a vision to 2030, was discussed at a recent seminar held by General Department of Sports and Physical Training in Hanoi. The country has targeted winning the AFF Cup and SEA Games two or three times, having the men's team rank 15th in Asia and the women's team rank 6th or 7th, and entering the third World Cup qualifying round for the Asia-Pacific region. Between 2021 and 2030, the women's team will strive to reach the Asian top 5 while the men's team will strive to reach the Asian top 10. Young players will…... [read more]
The Vietnamese men's football team will play a friendly match against Norway next year, Tran Quoc Tuan, Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary, announced. It would be part of the country's preparations for the July 2007 Asian Cup which it co-hosts with Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. The Norwegian Football Federation pledged to fund construction of football pitches at seven junior secondary schools in Hanoi and an artificial pitch at Hanoi's Hoang Hoa Tham School. Norway last qualified for the World Cup in 1998. Source: Vietnam News Agency... [read more]
Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs will be appointed director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC (PVF) youth academy.Ryan Giggs will be appointed director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC youth academy on November 20The 43-year-old football star is coming to Vietnam on November 19 to accept the role when PVF opens its new youth academy in the northern province of Hung Yen on November 20. He will be responsible for the training of football players and coaches and help build PVF into a leading football academy in Vietnam and South East Asia.Ryan Giggs will…... [read more]
VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan receives the Developing Member Associations of the Year award from the AFC 2017 could be considered a great year for Vietnamese football, as the VFF has six teams through to the final rounds of AFC competitions, including the men’s national team, the women’s national team, the national futsal team, and the national U23, U19 and U16 teams.In addition, the VFF had actively and successfully hosted different AFC competitions throughout the year, including the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification and the 2018 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers.Furthermore, proactive involvement…... [read more]
NDO – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was honoured with the AFC Developing Member Associations of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29. 2017 could be considered a great year for Vietnamese football, as the VFF has six teams through to the final rounds of AFC competitions, including the men’s national team, the women’s national team, the national futsal team, and the national U23, U19 and U16 teams. In addition, the VFF had actively and successfully hosted different AFC competitions throughout the year, including the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship,…... [read more]
