The AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 final is a chance for Vietnam’s and Malaysia’s football to come to the throne in Southeast Asia for the second time in their history, according the international media.

VOV.VN - Passionate Vietnamese fans gathered at Noi Bai International Airport on December 11 to jet off to Malaysia to give encouragement to the national team at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will use a wide-bodied Airbus A350-900 to take the Vietnamese men’s football team from Malaysia to Hanoi on December 12, one day after the first leg of the final match between Vietnam and Malaysia in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

Nearly 50 Vietnamese people living in different cities of Russia participated in a winter tennis tournament held by the Vietnam Tennis Association in Russian Federation (VITAR) in Moscow from December 6-9.

Vietnamese national futsal team’s and Thai Son Nam Club’s goalkeeper Ho Van Y has recently been nominated for the world’s top ten best futsal goalkeepers for 2018.

Vietnam have earned a ticket to compete in the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship finals.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s football team held a training session in muggy conditions in Malaysia on December 9 ahead of their first-leg final match to be held in Kuala Lumpur on December 11.

The Asian Youth Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championship Vietnam Open will take place in Ha Long city in northeastern Quang Ninh province from December 15-20.

The Arab Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Federation was officially set up during a conference held by Arab countries’ Vovinam federations in Algeria on December 7 and 8.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 8 sent a letter to encourage the national football team before their participation in the final first leg against Malaysia in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

VOV.VN -The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced that tickets for the upcoming second leg final match between Vietnam and Malaysia in the ongoing AFF Cup will be sold online.

VOV.VN -Nguyen Quang Hai, Vietnam’s midfielder maestro, has been nominated for the Best Footballer in Asia Award, held by Titan Sports and Fox Sports Asia.

Thai media ran various headlines on Vietnam’s victory over the Philippines in the semifinal return leg of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018, saying that the team is inching closer to the championship title.

VOV.VN - Striker Quang Hai was the man of the second-leg match between Vietnam and the Philippines at AFF Cup’s semifinal with a rating of 9 points out of 10 based on Fox Sport Asia player ratings.

VOV.VN -The Vietnam national football team on December 7 flew out to Malaysia to prepare for the upcoming first-leg final match of AFF Cup 2018.

 Vietnam’s U20 basketball team will compete in a friendly youth tournament in Cambodia on December 27-31.

VOV.VN -Vietnam’s national football team received a VND1 billion bonus from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) after it secured a 4-2 aggregate victory over the Philippines on December 6 and earned a spot in the final of the AFF Cup 2018.

VOV.VN - Football fans across Hanoi stayed up late into the night after Vietnam cruised to a 2-1 victory in their second-leg semi-final match against the Philippines in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 on December 6.

Asian media on December 6 hailed Vietnam’s 2-1 win over the Philippines in the 2018 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup semi-final return leg, which sent the team through to the final with a 4-2 aggregate victory.

Vietnam entered the finals of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 after defeating the Philippines 2-1 in the return leg of the semifinal, which took place at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on December 6.

VOV.VN - National flags, headbands, trumpets, shirts, caps and other Vietnam flag covered items are being sold on many streets in Ho Chi Minh City as support for the Vietnamese men’s football team in the second-leg semi-final match against the Philippines intensifies.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s football team took their tactical training session behind closed doors in their training session at My Dinh National Stadium on December 5 ahead of the second-leg semi-final match against the Philippines at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018. 

VOV.VN -Here is the expected line-up for Vietnam for their second-leg match against the Philippines ahead of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 semifinals, set to take place at 19.30 on December 6 at My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi.

Malaysia become the first finalists of the 2018 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) after a 2-2 nail-biting draw with Thailand in the second leg of the semi-final in Bangkok on December 5.

Vietnam Airlines said it will add nearly 1,800 more seats on flights between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on December 6 and 7 to make it easier for football fans to travel to Hanoi for the semifinal return leg between Vietnam and the Philippines in the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018. 

Head coach of Vietnam’s national football -team Park Hang-seo will be featured in a documentary in national cinemas this month.

Thai League 1 side Nakhon Ratchasima is looking to sign Vietnamese players Nguyen Anh Duc and Phan Van Duc after watching their brilliant performances at the ongoing ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s football team took part in a training session at the My Dinh National Stadium on December 4 ahead of their AFF Suzuki Cup 2018’s second-leg semi-final clash against the Philippines, set to take place on December 6.

VOV.VN - Jin Jong Oh, the four-time Olympic shooting champion from the Republic of Korea, met with Vietnamese shooters at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi on December 3.

The Korean media extolled coach Park Hang-Seo after he led Vietnam’s national football team to a 2-1 win against the Philippines in the first leg of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 semifinals.