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Vietnam’s national team to play World Cup qualifiers at home

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has received in-principle approval from health authorities to host the national team’s upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers at home.
Vietnam’s national team to play World Cup qualifiers at home ảnh 1Members of the national team celebrate after scoring in the match against Malaysia in the second round of World Cup qualifiers in the UAE (Photo: vov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has received in-principleapproval from health authorities to host the national team’s upcoming 2022World Cup qualifiers at home.

At a meetingon July 14 between the VFF, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, theMinistry of Health, and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, the VFF’s proposal forhosting the five matches in the third round of World Cup qualifiers wasapproved.

Healthauthorities requested that all members of visiting teams must have had twodoses of a COVID-19 vaccine and provide a negative COVID-19 test beforearriving in Vietnam.

The VFF willalso work with Hanoi’s authorities to ensure members of the visiting teams andtheir support staff along with all visiting officials stay within protective“bubbles” to minimise the risk of spreading the virus, as the matches willlikely be held at the city’s My Dinh Stadium.

The “bubble”approach was used with success for the final matches in the second round ofqualification in the UAE last month.
Vietnam’s national team to play World Cup qualifiers at home ảnh 2A practice session of the national men's football team (Photo: VNA)
A decision onwhether supporters can attend the matches will be made at a later date and willdepend on the COVID-19 situation in the country and city at that time.

With theproposal approved, the VFF and other authorities will work to iron out the fulldetails between now and Vietnam’s first home qualifier against Australia onSeptember 7.

Previously, itwas reported that the VFF may have been forced to hold the matches overseas dueto worsening COVID-19 outbreaks in Vietnam.

This is thefirst time Vietnam have ever played in the third and final round of World Cup qualification.They will play in Group B along with Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, China andOman for a spot at the 2022 Qatar World Cup./.
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