VOV.VN - Local midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been identified as a player to watch at the upcoming 2023 Asian Cup finals which are scheduled to take place in Qatar from January 12 to February 10.

VOV.VN - “For Vietnam, who will play their first-ever World Cup match against the US in Auckland on July 23, there were certainly kinder draws out there for a team ranked 34th in the world,” stated global sports website ESPN.

ESPN ran a front-page story headlined “Vietnam retain Southeast Asian Games gold medal against Thailand to prove they are still force to be reckoned with,” saying “even at the simplest level, it was a victory with plenty of significance.”

VOV.VN - Vietnamese footballer Hoang Duc has been named in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 Team of the Tournament, as selected by sports broadcasters ESPN.

ESPN football pundit Gabriel Tan believed that it’s time for Vietnam’s Nguyen Quang Hai and Nguyen Hoang Duc to ply their trade elsewhere.

VOV.VN - Global sports website ESPN published an article on June 15 praising the Vietnamese national football team as a golden generation of talent ahead of the team’s match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second Asian qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.