VFF RECEIVED THE THIRD CLASS LABOR MEDAL
At the IX Annual Congress taking place on October 15, VFF and VFF President Tran Quoc Tuan were honored to be awarded the third-class Labor Medal for outstanding achievements in the cause of building, developing and enhancing status. Vietnamese football in the international arena.
VFF President Tran Quoc Tuan (left) received a noble award
The Vietnamese team will reunite with Japan at the 2023 Asian Cup
Speaking at the ceremony to receive the third-class Labor Medal, on behalf of the VFF Executive Committee, VFF President Tran Quoc Tuan affirmed: “This is an honor for Vietnamese football. Today’s results come from effort and dedication.” Through many generations of working in football, accumulated under the guidance of former presidents and former leaders through the ages, Vietnamese football has achieved brilliant achievements. This is the motivation for VFF and Member organizations try and make more efforts to complete the tasks assigned by the Party and State as well as the expectations of fans, bringing Vietnamese football to new successes.”
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy shared: “We acknowledge the contributions of the VFF collective, generations of VFF leaders, the executive committee and individual comrade Tran Quoc Tuan. This award is completely worthy of VFF’s dedication and contributions in the process of developing the country’s football career, with regional and international achievements.”
CGOALS OF FOOTBALL VN
The VFF Annual Congress summarized the activities of Vietnamese football in the first 9 months of 2023, and made plans and targets for the last 3 months of 2023 and 2024. In particular, VFF focuses on investment and expectations. Vietnam team, when coach Philippe Troussier and his team participate in many important tournaments such as the second qualifying round of World Cup 2026, Asian Cup 2023.
Specifically, VFF assigned targets for the Vietnamese team to reach the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup and pass the group stage of the 2023 Asian Cup, which means re-establishing the achievements achieved under coach Park Hang-seo. In the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, the Vietnamese team is in the same group as Iraq, the Philippines and the winner of the first round match between Indonesia and Brunei (Indonesia won 6-0 in the first leg). At the 2023 Asian Cup, Quang Hai and his teammates will face Japan, Iraq and Indonesia.
VFF is negotiating for the Vietnamese team to play a friendly match with Tajikistan (ranked 110th in the world) before the 2023 Asian Cup. VFF Vice President Tran Anh Tu affirmed that in 2024, VFF will take advantage of international relationships to help the level of national team training abroad, or quality friendly matches to improve their level, similar to what the Vietnamese team (friendly with Korea, China, Uzbekistan), the Vietnamese women’s team (compared to talent with Spain, France, Germany, New Zealand) or the Vietnamese futsal team (against Russia) in recent years.
Other national teams also have specific activity plans and targets. U.23 Vietnam has the goal of reaching the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.23 Asian Championship, at least repeating the achievement of 2022. In 2023, the Vietnamese women’s team is very busy, but in 2024 there will be few tournaments. Therefore, VFF plans to help the team transform its forces, creating conditions for the younger generation to replace their seniors, aiming for the 2027 World Cup qualifiers. In the immediate future, the Vietnamese women’s team will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers with many players. young player. The focus of investment in women’s football is for the Vietnamese women’s U.20 to attend the U.20 Asian women’s finals. This is the next force, which will be invested in foreign training.
The Vietnamese futsal team aims to prepare well for the 2024 Asian Finals in Thailand, which is also the futsal World Cup qualifier. The team’s goal is to win tickets to the World Cup for the third time. “This is not an easy task. In Asia, the teams of Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Thailand are a group of 4 very strong teams, so Vietnamese futsal must prepare properly,” VFF Vice President Tran Anh Tu shared, and said: “In general, Vietnamese football has many difficult tasks, but VFF has a thorough plan for each team, setting appropriate goals.”
How much profit will VFF make in 2023?
In the first 9 months of 2023, VFF will achieve a total revenue of 317 billion VND, total expenditure of 310 billion VND, reporting a profit of more than 7.43 billion VND. VFF reached 80% of planned revenue, ensuring operations for national teams and other activities in 2023. “By the end of September, VFF revenue has reached 80% of plan, likely to be completed in 2023 plan, but in 2024 we must make more efforts to ensure revenue,” said VFF Vice President Tran Anh Tu.
