The Nutifood - Hoang Anh Gia Lai - Arsenal JMG Football Academy opened in HCM City on May 7 and will begin recruiting for its first class in July.

Accordingly, the academy will hold recruitment events at nine locations in HCM City and at 18 localities in the South from June 6 to July 20. The final round will take place from August 10-15 in HCM City.

Former French footballer Frank Durix will be primarily responsible for the recruitment, serving as head coach of the first class.

The first class will begin its training in September.

The Nutifood - Hoang Anh Gia Lai - Arsenal JMG Academy is the JMG Academy’s 10th academy in the world and the second in Vietnam.

In 2007, the JMG Academy and Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group opened the Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.-VNA