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Vietnamese team secure championship at football tournament held by Czech Senate

Vietnam’s FC Sapa Praha have successfully defended the championship of the annual friendly football tournament held by the Czech Senate for ethnic communities for the third year after defeating Slovakia 2-0 in the final match on June 18.
Vietnamese team secure championship at football tournament held by Czech Senate ảnh 1Vietnam’s FC Sapa Praha (Photo: VNA)
Prague (VNA) – Vietnam’s FC SapaPraha have successfully defended the championship of the annual friendlyfootball tournament held by the Czech Senate for ethnic communities for thethird year after defeating Slovakia 2-0 in the final match on June 18.

By keeping his net clean throughout thetournament, Le Kien became the best goalkeeper of thetournament for the second time.

This year, the tournament drew 24 footballteams representing foreign communities in the Czech Republic, including thosefrom Bulgaria, Jordan, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia, Senegal, Romania. Palestine,Togo, Ukraine and Yemen.

According to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung, thetournament is a chance to strengthen the solidarity among the Vietnamesecommunity in the host country in particular and with other communities in the Europeancountry in general. He expressed hope that through the sports event, the imageof the nation and people of Vietnam will be further enhanced in the eyes of internationalfriends.

Also on June 18, the eighth edition of theVietnamese youth’s football tournament in Laos was kicked off in Vientiane,with the participation of nine teams. Along with providing a healthy playgroundfor the Vietnamese community in the neighbouring country, the tournament isalso a chance to raise fund for needy people in the country. The final match andthe closing ceremony are slated for July 17.

On June 19, the Vietnam FootballAssociation in Korea (VFAK)-Vietnam Airlines Compatriot Cup 2022 was launched at Cheonan Stadium of Chungcheongnam-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK),gathering 20 football teams representing Vietnamese people studying, workingand living in different localities across the RoK. The cup came to NgheAn province compatriot football team. The tournament was funded by VietnamAirlines.

Within the framework of the tournament, theLabour Management Board and the Employment Permit System (EPS) LabourManagement Office organised a booth to provide consultations to Vietnameseguest workers on the employment and residential policies of the RoK, and gavethem advice on the settlement of problems facing them./.
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