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Vietnam’s under-16 football team lost 1-0 to Malaysia rivals in their first Group A match at the Southeast Asian Under-16 Football Championship which kicked off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 27.

Singaporean authorities have handed down a 30-month sentence to an Indonesian man for fixing a men’s football match at the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 (SEA Games) in the island country last May.

Friendly football matches took place among teams from the Vietnam Public Security Ministry and diplomatic missions in the country on July 11.

A press conference was held in Hanoi on July 10 to announce the friendly match between England’s Premier League football club Manchester City and the Vietnam national football team.

Vietnam’s men’s football team nosedived 16 spots to 143th place in the world football federation (FIFA)’s rankings, which was released on July 9.

Selected boys from the 2015 U13 school football festival will be offered a trip to Japan from August 17-21 by the Yamaha Motor Vietnam Company, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

England’s Premier League football club Manchester City on July 6 agreed to sign a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation and the Saigon-Da Nang Bank for a trip to Vietnam.

Vietnam’s U-15 football team defeated Japan’s U-15 Vissel Kobe FC 3-0 on the first day of the Japan-Mekong U-15 Football Exchange 2015 on July 1, which is currently taking place at the J Green Sakai Centre in Japan.

CEO of the Manchester United Foundation John Shields and a number of football coaches will visit Ho Chi Minh City and provide free football coaching for local social workers and vulnerable children from June 30-July 3.

Vietnam’s Under-15 football team has left Vietnam for Japan to participate in the Japan-Mekong Under-15 Football Competition, which will take place at the J Green Sakai Centre from July 1-3.

Vietnam made a winning start at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship 2015, which kicked off on June 23 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi.

The Toyota Motor Vietnam Company launched the “Toyota Junior Football Clinic and Camp 2015” on June 19 for boys aged nine to 11.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Ministry of Education and Training signed a cooperation agreement on June 18 to expand the Football for All in Vietnam (FFAV) programme across the country.

Four Vietnamese U23 footballers have been picked for the Team of the Tournament following the 28th SEA Games by the Football Channel Asia (FCA), a dedicated Asian football website.

Vietnam’s U23 football team was able to summon up their strength to put the disappointing semi-final loss behind them and put in a strong performance to completely outclass Indonesia with an emphatic 5-0 in the bronze medal match at the 28th SEA Games on June 15.