According to the Vietnam Football Federation, the team andtheir coach, Hoang Anh Tuan, will gather in Hanoi on May 3 for atraining session lasting about two weeks in the northern province of Phu Tho. Then they will go to Qatar for further training from May 19 - 22,during which the squad is set to have a friendly match with the host nation’sU17 team on May 21.
The Vietnamese players will continue getting their skillssharpened in Japan from May 22 to June 6 through various friendly matches with localfootball clubs.
Following the trip to Japan, they will come back home for afinal training session in Vung Tau city in the southern province of Ba Ria-VungTau before heading to Thailand for the tournament.
Topping Group F of the qualifiers, Vietnam are in Group D ofthe finals together with strong rivals – defending champions Japan, India andUzbekistan. The finals will take place from June 15 to July 2./.