Hanoi (VNA) - Japan-based Yanmar company will continue to be the main sponsorfor the national men’s football team and U23 team, heard a ceremony to renewthe sponsorship on July 23.
At theevent, SecretaryGeneral of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Le Hoai Anh lauded thecompany’s efforts since March 2015 to improve practice environment,contributing to the development of the Vietnamese national football team.
According to Director General of the companyTakehito Yamaoka, Yanmar will also sponsor the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) SuzukiCup 2018.
The final round of the tournament will be held fromNovember 8 to December 15. Vietnam are in Group A with Malaysia, Myanmar, Laosand Cambodia.
Group B consists of Thailand, Indonesia, thePhilippines, Singapore and the winner of a play-off match between Timor Lesteand Brunei.
Yanmar hopes that with its sponsorship, theVietnam national men’s football team will harvest new successes in the future,especially towards the goal of becoming the champion at the AFF Suzuki Cup thisyear, he noted.
Earlier, the Vietnam Professional Milk JSC (VPMilk) was announcedas the official football sponsor of the national men’s team to support thesquad’s international tournaments in 2018.-VNA