Close to 30 learners from Vietnam , Malaysia and the Republic of Korea will participate in a second-phase training course of the Premier Skills project to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from May 10-15.

Premier Skills is an innovative international coaching development project run in partnership by the Premier League and the British Council. It provides week-long courses to help young people to become multi-skilled community coaches, enhancing their football coaching skills and developing their community leadership and English language skills to improve the participants’ employment and overall life chances.

In addition to Premier Skills football coaching and skills development sessions, the project provides a resource for learners and teachers of English all over the world to combine an interest in football with language learning.

The participants in the HCM City course, eight of them are Vietnamese, will include reporters, teachers of physical training, as well as sports and football managers.

They will be assisted to develop English skills via audio-visual documents about the Premier League.

The first phase of Premier Skills was carried out in Hanoi in February 2009, focusing on football coaching skills and community development activities.

Premier Skills has developed into the Premier League’s flagship international development football project following a successful pilot phase in 2007 and 2008./.