Vietnamese football fans made a long queue to buy tickets for thefriendly game between Arsenal and the Vietnamese national football teamat My Dinh stadium on July 7.
Between 10,000 and 15,000tickets were offered to the public at four counters at the stadium wherethe game will take place on July 17.
According to theorganizers, a total 36,390 tickets are issued, including 12,000 ticketswith the face value of 400,000 VND (20 USD), 7,000 tickets of 700,000VND (35 USD), 11,000 tickets of 1 million VND (50 USD) and 6,000 ticketsof 1.5 million VND (70 USD).
The tickets were sold throughofficial dispatches of organisations, at the Vietnam Football Federationheadquarters, at My Dinh stadium, and through number 1080. The revenuefrom tickets is estimated at nearly 30 billion VND (1.5 million USD).
England Premier league football club Arsenal will bring all itsmajor stars to Vietnam for the friendly, which is part of the club’stour of Asia that has two other destinations, Japan and Indonesia.
Arsenal will arrive in Hanoi on July 15 and hold a pressconference on the same day. Organisers have also planned meeting betweenthe players, manager Arsene Wenger and Vietnamese fans.
Arsenal is one of the most successful and long-established footballclubs in England. Since its establishment in 1886, it has won 13 PremierLeague titles.
Vietnam’s coach Hoang Xuan Phuc has alsocalled up his best players for the friendly, including many veterans whohelped Vietnam win the Southeast Asia football championships in 2008.-VNA