Gianni Infantino, president of the world football governing body, FIFA, will visit Việt Nam on Thursday.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm has entered the world top 20 for the first time in his career in this week’s ranking.

Việt Nam plans to host the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship in 2020.

Việt Nam Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s ball and competition jersey, which are gifts of the national U23 team, will be auctioned and the money donated to the poor.

The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) said so far some VNĐ15 billion (US$673,000), one third of what people had promised for the national U23 team, had come to its account.

Uruguay international Diego Laxalt scored two minutes into injury time to give Genoa a crucial 2-1 victory at Lazio on Monday and ease their relegation fears.

 Former national team midfielder Michael Nguyễn has signed a contract to compete for Thailand’s Air Force Central FC.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte insisted he "wasn't worried" about his job despite seeing his 10 men suffer a second consecutive humiliating defeat on Monday, going down 4-1 at Watford.

Sài Gòn FC announced the hiring of former national team midfielder Phan Văn Tài Em as their head coach at the weekend.