Goalscorer Nguyễn Trung Thành is mobbed by his team mates after his 27th minute strike against Thailand Tuesday night. Photo bongdaplus.vn Anh Đức PHNOM PENH — Việt Nam advanced to the semi-finals of the 2022 AFF Under-23 Championship after a 1-0 win against Thailand at the Prince Stadium in Phnom Penh …
Read More »Vietnam to play Australia in 2022 AFF Futsal Championship
Their draw Monday put Vietnam into group B with Australia, Myanmar and Timor Leste in the 2022 AFF Futsal Championship. After advancing to the round of 16 in Futsal World Cup last year, Vietnam have climbed to 38th on the world ranking, only five places below Australia. In the 2019 …
Read More »Young midfielder plays his way to stardom
Vietnam Golden Ball recipient Nguyen Hoang Duc has overcome repeated failure to become a mainstay of the national team. One of the first impressions Duc made in his career was a freekick that opened the score to help Viettel FC beat Song Lam Nghe An 3-0 in the semifinals of …
Read More »AFF U23 Championship Live blog: Việt Nam – Thailand
VnExpress News Infographic Anh Đức Welcome to our live blog coverage of Việt Nam versus Thailand in Group C of the 2022 AFF Under-23 championship. Both teams are experts’ favourites to win the cup, but today Việt Nam faces a heavy task as many key players are out due to COVID. …
Read More »Vietnam GM stumbles at online chess tour
Le Quang Liem only managed to win one out of four games on the third day of Airthing Masters on Tuesday. Liem started his day with a game against chess king Magnus Carlsen and played white. He deployed the queen’s gambit and focused on positional play. The game remained balanced …
Read More »Reinforcements called up to strengthen U23 team at AFF Championship
Football Việt Nam’s U23 team has been forced to call up six more players, due to COVID. They will face Thailand in a match that will decide the winners of Group C on February 22. — Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI — Coach Đinh Thế Nam has been forced to …
Read More »Vietnamese coach pragmatic despite 7-0 win over Singapore
Vietnamese players join their captain Dụng Quang Nho (No 6) in celebrating. Việt Nam beat Singapore 7-0 at the 2022 AFF U23 Championship held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday. — Photo VFF Football HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s U23 head coach Đinh Thế Nam was keen to keep his players grounded, …
Read More »U23 Vietnam add more players after Covid-19 cases detected
With numerous Covid-19 cases detected in the squad, coach Dinh The Nam has decided to call up six more players before facing Thailand in 2022 AFF U23 Youth Championship. “The players have to gather quickly for Covid-19 testing before going to Cambodia in time for the game with Thailand tomorrow,” …
Read More »Vietnam grandmaster accelerates in online chess tour
With two wins, one draw and one loss Monday, Le Quang Liem has entered the top 10 of the Airthings Masters online. Liem won both games when he played white against Poland’s Jan-Krysztof Duda and Azerbaijani grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. He drew against American GM Levon Aronian and lost to Dutch …
Read More »Hung Thinh Land awards $87,000 to Vietnamese women’s football team
Real estate developer Hung Thinh Land has just awarded the Vietnamese women’s football team for winning a ticket to 2023 Women’s World Cup. At a meeting between the team and Hung Thinh Land JSC (Hung Thinh Land) in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 12, a company representative gave the …
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