Park Hang-seo: Vietnam’s football could reap more success in future
Vietnam’s football teams could achieve more success at the regional and international arena, said national team coach Park Hang-seo in an exchange programme with hundreds of Vietnamese students in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 11 ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).
Coach Park Hang-seo takes photo with participants at the exchange programme in Seoul (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam’s football teamscould achieve more success at the regional and international arena, said nationalteam coach Park Hang-seo in an exchange programme with hundreds of Vietnamesestudents in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 11 ahead of the upcomingLunar New Year (Tet).
The Korean received a raucous applauses whileentering the hall of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
He said he was now in the RoK but felt likestaying in Vietnam thanks to the warm welcome from Vietnamese people.
The head coach affirmed his hope to contributemore to Vietnamese football, promoting relations between Vietnam and the RoK.
He was confident that the Southeast Asiancountry could reap more success at both regional and global competitions in thefuture.
The atmosphere in Vietnam during the team’s runto the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship wassimilar to that of the RoK on the occasion of World Cup 2002, he said, addingthat the achievement of the Vietnamese football team was a source of greatpride for him.
In reply to Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoKNguyen Vu Tu’s question, he said before each match, he and his football playersalways huddle together and shout “One! Two! Three! Fighting!”
Park described his relations with the VietnamFootball Federation (VFF) as “fate” when the two sides signed a contract. Similaritiesin life and in culture between the two nations have helped him quicklyunderstand Vietnamese footballers, he noted.
He advised Vietnamese players to keep their feeton the ground. This is not thepeak of Vietnam’s football, so footballers need to improve their skills andhave more enthusiasm to go further, he noted.
Sharing his experiences in Vietnam after leadingthe national football team from late October 2017, the 59-year-old said heloves Vietnamese food, particularly “pho” and “bun cha”.
He expressed his deep gratitude to Vietnamesepeople, especially the Vietnamese community in the RoK, for their warmsentiments to him and the U23 team.
He said he was very happy to make a smallcontribution to enhancing ties between Vietnam and the RoK, and vowed to exert moreefforts to make football become one of the fields that contribute greatly tothe development of bilateral relations.-VNA
Around 25,000 fans holding national flags and wearing red colour T-shirts with yellow star flocked to Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM’s district 10 to join an exchange with Vietnam’s U23 team on February 4.
The ambassador noted that among the 300,000 Vietnamese residing in the RoK, around 3,000 are living in Pyeongtaek and contributing actively to the local economy. Ho expressed his hope that the local authorities will continue support the overseas Vietnamese community in the city.
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The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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Coach Park Hang-seo takes photo with participants at the exchange programme in Seoul (Photo: VNA) 
