New Year’s family in a new land, take my wife and children to Nha Trang
So the New Year’s Eve has points, the New Year of the Snake has come – a year promising new opportunities and new challenges. This is also the time for us to cultivate our beliefs together, towards new peaks. The last year of Giap Thin was a year full of ups and downs, with different levels of emotions of Vietnamese football and especially the AFF Cup 2024 championship, the bold mark that coach Kim Sang-Sik has left behind. After a short time of attachment. Instead of returning to Korea, he decided to join his family to celebrate Tet in Vietnam, enjoying the atmosphere of Tet holiday with Vietnamese identity.
These days, Kim’s house at the Vietnam Young Football Training Center (located in the Vietnam Football Federation – VFF) becomes more bustling and cozy than ever with peach branches and banh chung. , with many traditional dishes.
Five snakes, chatting with ‘poison’ Kim Sang-Sik: Me Mu, like Zidane and addicted to pho
“This is the first time I celebrate Tet in Vietnam, the atmosphere is really warm. In Korea, people often wear hanbok, wish Tet family and travel. But in Vietnam, the preparation of Chu Chu Chu More unique with peach blossom, home decoration, and traditional dishes, “he shared.
Coach Kim tasted banh chung for the first time and consulted with his compatriots-Coach Park Hang-seo-to celebrate Tet in the most close way with the players. He was also preparing to cover lucky money to celebrate the age of the players and plan to bring his family to Nha Trang, one of many beautiful tourist destinations of Vietnam, to enjoy this meaningful holiday. He said he would introduce his family to other Vietnamese dishes in addition to pho and bun cha – 2 dishes that he had to eat and eat again without getting bored for many months.
“I plan to bring my family to Nha Trang, one of many beautiful tourist destinations in Vietnam, to enjoy this meaningful holiday. I would like to introduce my family other Vietnamese dishes, Vietnamese food Nam is very delicious, “Kim said.
Coach Kim Sang-Sik wears a leafy conical tree

Coach Kim tried Vietnamese banh chung
This year is the five snakes and coincidence, in Korea, coach Kim Sang-Sik is known as “Toksa,” meaning “poison”. With Southeast Asia football, Mr. Kim is really a scary “poison”. However, for Vietnamese football, his appearance brought “sweet fruit” in the AFF Cup.
Coach Kim Sang-Sik was born on December 17, 1976 in Jeonnam, South Korea. When he was young, he played for the Daegu University team from 1995 to 1998. His professional player started in 1999, when he was 23 years old, with the center -back position in the Seongnam FC shirt (before before This is Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma). In the color of the Korean national team, he participated in many large and small arenas, with the most memorable achievement of winning the third place at the 2007 Asian Cup.
7 months living in Vietnam and special impressions
After more than half a year of working in Vietnam, coach Kim expressed satisfaction with the environment, weather and cuisine here, especially dishes such as pho or bun cha. He also revealed that he had eaten pho daily for the first 1-2 months and still not bored. “I live very happily in Vietnam. The most impressive thing is the intense football love of the people, from children to the elderly, always cheering and supporting the team unconditionally,” he said.

Coach Kim Sang-Sik is a “hard fan” of pho, bun cha Vietnam

Just sticking for more than half a year, coach Kim Sang-Sik has brought the Vietnamese team to the AFF Cup championship
When asked about the football love of Vietnamese people, coach Kim affirmed that he had never seen any fans so passionate and burning. “Vietnamese fans are even more bustling in many European or Korean countries. The moments like Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh celebrate with the team are what makes me very happy,” he said.
Coach Kim did not forget to thank VFF for his dedicated support in logistics and organization, helping him and the team to focus completely on the mission on the pitch.

Coach Kim Sang-Sik is a strict person on the field but funny in real life

The AFF Cup 2024 champion is expected to create a strong push for Vietnamese football
The pyramid coach describes himself with three words: “Tiger”, “transform”, and “confident”. At work, he always shows strictness, discipline, helping the player focus the most. However, outside the pitch, he wanted to become the big brother of the players, always creating an atmosphere close and humorous to make them more comfortable and confident when playing.
“I want the team to be like a family, closely cohesive. Sometimes I find a player a little afraid of me, but I always try to narrow the gap with them. In the team, I often joke and talk The funniest with Tien Linh, “he added.
New year Dai Hong Phat
At the age of 49, a young age in the ranks of professional coaches, Mr. Kim Sang-Sik owned many glory at both clubs and national teams. His ahead target was to bring the U.23 Vietnam team to win the SEA Games 2025, and lead the Vietnam National Team to participate in the Asian Cup 2027 finals.

Coach Kim Sang-Sik talks with PV Youth Newspaper
On the occasion of the beginning of the new year, through the newspaper Adolescenthe sent Tet greetings to the fans: “Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a happy, peaceful new year, and a year of great Hong Phat!”.

The expression of coach Kim Sang-Sik when wishing Tet “New Year’s New Year”
And “the New Year of the Rose” is also the sincere wish of fans for coach Kim Sang Sik and Vietnamese football in the year of the Snake. After the 2024 AFF Cup championship, fans expect the team to continue to maintain their form, conquering more new peaks in the international arena. With the dedication and strictness of Kim coach, the talent and enthusiasm of the players and the warm support from the fans, Vietnamese football promises to enter a more brilliant development period in this year.