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Vietnam have dropped two places to world No. 99 in the FIFA rankings released in September.

The national squad had their final training session on the afternoon of September 3, preparing to kick-start their 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers second round campaign.

More than 2,000 tickets allocated to Vietnamese fans for the upcoming match against Thailand in the Asian zone’s second qualifying round for the World Cup 2020 sold out in just five minutes.

Vietnam's U22 team beat Kitchee SC of Hong Kong 2-0 in a friendly match at the Promotion Fund for Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) Football Training Centre in the northern province of Hung Yen on August 14.

The Vietnamese national men’s football team dropped one spot to No 97 in the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA’s rankings for July.

Vietnamese football team’s coach Park Hang-seo has called up 26 players for a three day practice session to prepare for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30).

FK Sarajevo, one of the leading clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will send its U21 team to compete in the annual U21 International Football Tournament hosted by Thanh Nien Newspaper.

Hanoi FC defeated Ceres Negros of the Philippines 2-1 in the second leg of the AFC Cup’s ASEAN Zonal semi-finals to book a place in the 2019 AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal Final with a 3-2 aggregate win.

Hanoi FC drew 1-1 with Ceres Negros of the Philippines in the first leg of the AFC Cup’s ASEAN zonal semi-finals on June 18.

FC Sapa Praha, a football team of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, has became the champion of the annual friendly football tournament held by the Czech Senate for ethnic communities that kicked off on June 15 in Prague.

Vietnam’s football team secured its win at the last minute of the added time of a match against Thailand after a header by forward Anh Duc following a corner kick by midfielder Xuan Truong found the net of its arch rival in a match of the football King’s Cup 2019, now going on in Thailand.

The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents Academy will send four athletes to Spain to train at the International Football for Friendship Academy in Madrid.

Honda Vietnam will continue to be the official sponsor of Vietnam’s national football teams after signing a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on April 24.

Europe’s top football competition could have a little bit of Vietnamese flavour next season.

Vietnam finished second at the International U18 Football Tournament which wrapped up in Hong Kong on April 22.

The sixth football championship - Hung Kings Cup 2019 kicked off in Singapore on April 14 with the participation of 16 teams representing overseas Vietnamese students, entrepreneurs and intellectuals working and studying in the country.

Ride hailing service provider Be Group has signed up to be the main sponsor of the national men’s and women’s football teams; the U22 and U23 male teams; and the national Olympic team for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2022.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is selling tickets for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifiers online.

Many overseas Vietnamese football players have expressed their hope of playing for Vietnam’s national team following its recent successes.

Vietnam will take part in the JENESYS Japan-ASEAN U19 Women’s Football Tournament from March 2-6.