The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will work to promote the “Footballfor All in Vietnam” (FFAV) initiative to discover talents fornational football.
VFF representatives made thecommitment during a recent working session in Hanoi with “Footballfor All” Director Anders Krystad.
The project, jointlyinitiated by the Vietnam Football Association and the FootballAssociation of Norway in 1997, was launched in 2000.
It started in Hanoi in 2001 before spreading to central Thua Thien-Hue province in 2003.
As a result, 147 football clubs have been established, involving more than 16,000 young football players.
FFAV Director Krystad said he hopes the programme’s model will besuccessful at schools, pledging to host FFAV training courses forcoaches, referees, and football club management.-VNA