Hoang Anh Gia Lai players train while waiting for the return of the national football tournaments. The leagues are planned to restart in November. (Photo of Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — The 2021 naꦗtional football season will resume in November,according to a proposal from the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF).
After receiving votes from participating teams, VPF hasfinalised the reschedule date based on the development of the COVID-19pandemic. The V.League 2 tournament will restart on November 20 and end onJanuary 14, 2022. The V.League 1 will be from February 12 to March 12. TheNational Cup will be held on January 17 to March 13. There is only one team relegated from V.League 1 to V.League 2,instead of 1.5 team as in original plan. It is the same with the V.League 2 andthe third-tier league. VPF's new plan needs an approval from the Vietnam FootballFederation. In other football news, national team head coach Park HangSeo has called 30 U22 players to prepare for Vietnam's Asian U23 championshipqualification campaign. The South Korean coach will pick his team from threegoalkeepers, 10 defenders, 11 midfielders and six strikers. The players will start training from August 10 in Hanoi. The tournament will be held from October 23-31. Vietnam are inGroup I with Myanmar, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. The team expect tosecure a place in the finals which will be organised next June in Uzbekistan. Park also call 31 players of the national team for the 2022World Cup qualifier. They are three keepers, 14 defenders, nine midfielders andfive forwards. They will start their training camp on August 5 in Hanoi. Vietnam are in the same group with Japan, Australia,Oman, China and Saudi Arabia with first match is planned in September./.
V.League 2021 will return on March 13, with a detailed plan requiring further discussion, the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) has announced.
Spectators will be able to attend four matches in Round 3 of the 2021 LS V.League 1, which is set to return on March 13 after being suspended due to COVID-19.
Coach Park Hang-seo's national team suffered a blow as starting goalkeeper Dang Van Lam was forced to withdraw from the squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the UAE due to close contact with a COVID-19 patient.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
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.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
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.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Hoang Anh Gia Lai players train while waiting for the return of the national football tournaments. The leagues are planned to restart in November. (Photo of Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC) 
