Many companies in Vietnam have allowed their staff to get some time off of work to watch the Golden Stars’ historic semifinal game at the AFC U23 Championship in China on Tuesday afternoon. Vietnam won the historic semifinal spot after a 5-3 quarterfinal penalty shootout victory, following a tense 3-3 draw after extra time, over Iraq on Saturday night. The young Vietnamese now have another chance of making history in their semifinal clash with Qatar in Changzhou at 3:00 pm (Vietnam time) on Tuesday. Working on Tuesday afternoon has therefore become the last thing diehard football fans and supporters want to do, and their employers have listened to their desire. Hanoi-based Khanh An Co. took the Internet by storm after a verified memo of the company, stating that all employees can finish work as early as 1:00 pm, two hours before the game starts, surfaced on social media on Monday. The company, with only ten employees, will even take Wednesday as a day-off “to celebrate the victory” if Vietnam make it to the final game, according to the memo seen by Tuoi Tre News. The company CEO, Nguyen Thanh Chung, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that the memo is real, explaining that allowing employees to finish work early leaves no significant impact on “a small-scale company like us.” A screenshot of a post on the Facebook page of a high school shows the announcement to cancel extra classes on Tuesday afternoon for students to watch the match. Photos or scanned… [Read full story]
The qualification match will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on July 19th.The national team is in ‘Group I’, together with the U23 teams of the Republic of Korea, Timor Leste and Macau.Vietnam will be up against Macau (China) on July 21st, and Republic of Korea on the 23rd. Only the top two teams will be able to qualify for the AFC U23 Championship held in China, next year.Vietnam Television has announced it will broadcast all qualifier matches of Group I live on VTV6 and VTV6HD.... [read more]
Vietnam’s national U23 football team will compete against Timor Leste in the first match of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship. The qualification match will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on July 19th. The national team is in ‘Group I’, together with the U23 teams of the Republic of Korea, Timor Leste and Macau. Vietnam will be up against Macau (China) on July 21st, and Republic of Korea on the 23rd. Only the top two teams will be able to qualify for the AFC U23 Championship held in China, next year. Vietnam Television has announced it…... [read more]
Vietnam has been placed in Group IV with Thailand, China and Yemen for the 2016 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship season. The draw conducted at the Asian Football Confederation in Qatar seeded the top 16 FIFA ranked Asian countries and split them into four groups. The AFC draw placed host Qatar in Group I with Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Group II includes the Republic of Korea (RoK), Australia, Japan and the UAE. Syria, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Uzbekistan are in Group III. VOV... [read more]
Nguyen Quang Hai of Vietnam (second, left) kicks a ball during an Asian U23 Championship match between Vietnam and Australia in China on January 14 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nguyen Quang Hai’s win brought Vietnam’shistoric 1-0 victory over Australia in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23Championship on January 14, and opened a door to all Group D teams competing inthe quarter-finals in Kunshan, China.Vietnam was the first ASEANteam to win at this tournament, which is in its third edition.Two other teams here areThailand and Malaysia. Thailand has just been eliminated after two straightlosses, while Malaysia claimed one point from a draw…... [read more]
NDO – Thanh Binh and Cong Phuong scored two hat-tricks to help Vietnam demolish Macau (China) 7-0 in their last Group I qualifying match on March 31 and book a berth in the finals of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. >> Asia U-23 championship qualifying round: Vietnam beats Malaysia 2-1 Vietnam played a dominant game over the much weaker Macau team on Tuesday. Thanh Binh put Vietnam ahead after two minutes before Ngoc Thang doubled their advantages three minutes later. After only seven minutes of play, the match was temporarily delayed for more than an hour due to heavy rain…... [read more]
