The men's national team will strive for a spot among the top 10 teams of Asia, a place in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Cup and the last qualification round of the 2026 World Cup, moving closer to realizing their 2030 World Cup dream, VFF officials said Sunday.

Vietnam national football team at the final qualification round of World Cup 2022.

The national men's football team advance tod the last qualification round of the 2022 World Cup for the first time in history. Despite elimination, coach Park Hang-seo and his team defeated China and drew against Japan, solidifying their place as the number one squad in Southeast Asia.

VFF also set the goal for the team to make it to the AFF Cup finals in 2022, 2024 and 2026 and win at least once.

The goal for the U23 team is to claim the SEA Games gold medal again in 2022 and 2025. Under coach Park, the U23s have won gold twice in 2019 and 2022. The team are also assigned to qualify and progress at the U23 Asian Cup in 2024 and 2026. At the U23 Asian Cup 2022, coach Gong Oh-kyun took the team past the group stage before losing to champions Saudi Arabia.

The national women's team have already qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with the goal of making a good impression at the tournament. The team are also assigned to win the next Women’s AFF Cup and defend their SEA Games gold medal in 2023 and 2025.

For the national futsal team, the biggest goal is to qualify for the 2024 Futsal World Cup.

Vietnamese football rankings promoted

The recent victories against Singapore and India have promoted Vietnam to the 96th position in the FIFA rankings, the 17th position in Asia and the first in Southeast Asia, according to website football-ranking.com.

Vietnamese fans foot big bills for football World Cup tours

Travel agencies say tours to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup at prices ranging from VND170 to 320 million ($7,260-13,500) per person have nearly sold out.

Huynh Nhu makes history as first female footballer abroad

Football star Huynh Nhu has had her first match for Lank FC, a historic milestone for Vietnam as the first female footballer competing abroad.

Bac Giang Youth Football Training Center inaugurated

(BGO)- T&T Group, Hanoi -T&T Sports Joint Stock Company and the provincial Center for Sports Training and Competition of Bac Giang province on September 15 jointly held the inauguration ceremony of Bac Giang Youth Football Training Center.

Vietnam women's captain to play football in Portugal

Forward Huynh Nhu, captain of the Vietnam national women's football team, is set to join Portuguese club Lank FC.

Source: VnExpress