Nguyen Thanh Khoi will represent Vietnam in the U18 all-star Southeast Asian team, ASIAN ELEVEN, which will play an U18 all-star team of Japan’s Tohoku region, said the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam on June 11.
Vietnam's U23 football team will play a friendly match against Myanmar on June 7 as part of coach Park Hang-seo's efforts to prepare the squad for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) later this year.
Head coach Park Hang-seo has announced the names of 24 players of the national men’s football team who will travel to Qatar for the team’s training camp ahead of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).
Today’s friendly match against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be Vietnam’s final test before the upcoming Asian Cup tournament next month, said coach Park Hang-seo of Vietnam.
Vietnam, the just-crowned champions of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018, will face the Republic of Korea who won the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Football Championship in 2017, in a friendly match next spring.
Vietnam’s national football team lost to the K-League 2’s Seoul E-Land 0-2 during their third friendly match in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 29.
Vietnam’s U19 football squad beat China’s U19 team 1-0 in a friendly match held in Indonesia on October 14 with the only goal scored by Nham Manh Dung at the 65th minute.
Japan’s Yokohama Football Club will play a friendly match against local SHB Da Nang at the city’s Hoa Xuan Stadium on January 20, a representative of SHB Da Nang said on January 10.
Coach Park Hang-seo of Vietnam’s U23 team confirmed that a friendly match against the RoK’s Ulsan Hyundai FC was an important test for his team ahead of the Asian championships next month.
Ulsan Hyundai FC, who won the Republic of Korea’s FA Cup earlier this month, will send a squad of 18 to Vietnam for a friendly match with U23 Vietnam on December 21 in Hanoi.