As far as starters go, the 2021 Vietnamese Super Cup was more cold phở bò than delightfully tantalisingly crispy bánh xèo, not that winners Hanoi FC will care.

After an up and down 2020 season, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai of Hanoi FC will be hoping to hit the ground running this year in the National Super Cup tomorrow (Jan 9) against Viettel.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has stopped playing for Thailand’s Muangthong United and will join Japanese club Cerezo Osaka.

Vietnamese forward Van Toan of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) FC has been named among the players with the most assists in domestic ASEAN leagues during 2020.

Players of the national women’s football team have gathered for a training camp ahead of a busy 2021, which will end with an effort to defend their SEA Games title.

The upcoming National Super Cup 2020 fixture on January 9 will permit only 5,000 spectators into the stadium in line with the Health Ministry’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and control measures.

Coach Park Hang-seo has returned to South Korea to celebrate the New Year with his family and will watch the opening V.League 1 matches from home, hoping to see young players have the opportunity to sharpen their skills.

Vietnam’s sport sector has set big goals in 2021: Athletics will rank first in the region, Vietnam will win Olympic medals, and the U22 national football team will successfully defend the SEA Games gold medal.

The Vietnamese women’s national football team officially reconvened at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi on January 3 in preparation for their important goals in 2021.

The senior national team tied drew 2-2 with the U22 team in a friendly held at Viet Tri City’s Stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho on Sunday.

In a small, spartan office at the Vietnam Football Federation headquarters, just around the corner from My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi, coach Park Hang-seo plots the next chapter of the national team’s remarkable success story.

LS Holdings Groups will support the national football leagues for three years after agreeing a sponsorship an signing contracts on December 24 in Hanoi.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) FC and Hanoi FC have been listed among the 10 Southeast Asian clubs that will compete for the title of Asia’s Most Popular Football Club.

A fixture between the Vietnamese men’s national football team and Malaysia is at risk of being delayed due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic, according to Le Hoai Anh, general secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

V.League 1’s HCM City have signed midfielder Lee Nguyen, who once played for David Beckham's Inter Miami CF in the American Major League Soccer (MLS).

Head coach Park Hang-seo has announced a squad of 24 players who will make up the U22 team for their final gathering of 2020, with the side competing in two friendly matches against the senior national team this month.

Serbian coach Ljupko Petrovic will take the helm of Thanh Hoa FC to lead the club in the upcoming V-League 2021.

Coach Kiatisuk Senamuang will have little time to prepare Hoang Anh Gia Lai as the new V.League 1 season will begin in the middle of next month.

The Vietnamese national team will end the year of 2020 at 93rd place in the FIFA rankings, 18 spots higher than Thailand.

The upcoming 2021 season of the V.League 1 is set to see a total of 14 teams compete when it kicks off on January 16, according to a recent draw hosted by the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF).