Vietnam came from behind to defeat Qatar 2-1 in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Hanoi 's My Dinh Stadium on July 28.

Yousef Ahmad Ali opened the scoring for Qatar in the 16th minute from a counter-attack. Vietnam 's Nguyen Trong Hoang and Nguyen Quang Hai grabbed goals for the hosts in the 60th and 78th.


In other qualifying matches, second-half substitute Bahodir Nasimov bagged a brace as Uzbekistan defeated Kyrgyzstan 3-0 to advance to the third round with a 7-0 aggregate victory.

Hosts Kuwait came from a goal down to defeat the Philippines 2-1 to continue their World Cup journey with a 5-1 aggregate win.

China eased through to the next round after a 6-1 defeat of Laos saw Gao Hongbo's side go through with a 13-3 aggregate.

Two goals in each half gave Syria an impressive 4-0 victory against Tajikistan to send the Red Eagles through to the third round with a 6-1 aggregate scoreline.

The third qualifying round draw will be held on July 30 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. /.