Football

VFF General Secretary Dương Nghiệp Khôi (left) and Iván Codina, LaLiga Managing Director for South East Asia, South Korea, Japan and Australia at the MoU signing ceremony on September 6 in Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will be supported by football experts from Spain after the Việt Nam Football Federation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LaLiga, the Spanish top men's professional division.

The two institutions will work together until June 2026, collaborating to improve professional and grassroots football in Việt Nam and the level of national teams. They will also carry out various sports training projects in the country.

Along with many other areas of cooperation, via LaLiga Academy Vietnam, the Spaniards will arrange seminars for VFF coaches and serve as a platform for the development of talented young players in coordination with the Vietnamese federation and other local grassroots football organisations.

“In recent years, Việt Nam has tried to mobilise maximum resources for the development of Vietnamese football," said VFF General Secretary Dương Nghiệp Khôi.

"The cooperation with international football organisations has played a key role in helping teams, especially youth football and women’s football, participate in valuable training programmes. These are good opportunities for players to learn and gain experience for their future careers.

"Cooperating with LaLiga – where the world’s leading clubs gather, will push Vietnamese football closer to the world's advanced football platform where we can learn and exchange experiences, accelerate innovation and professionalisation in football-related fields."

Khôi hoped that in the near future, the VFF would send the youth team to train in Spain, sharpening their technique and thickening their competition experience for later international tournaments, which was an activity in Việt Nam's World Cup target.

Iván Codina, LaLiga Managing Director for South East Asia, South Korea, Japan and Australia, said: “Việt Nam is a strategically important country in Asia for LaLiga and we are proud to be able to join forces with the VFF to support the growth of football and to continue learning from each other.

"Thanks to the support and knowledge already gained after the opening of LaLiga Academy Vietnam, and following the recently announced agreement with SCTV, we are now another step closer to the Vietnamese fans.

“LaLiga's strategy is to be present in as many countries around the world as possible. Through cooperation with VFF, we hope to promote football training and development here, especially from LaLiga Academy.

"We will also find a way for young Vietnamese talents to come to Spain to train at big clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid." VNS