Following domestic success, Viettel now have their sights set on the continent's premier competition, AFC Champions League.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has changed the number and method of selecting teams to participate in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup 2021, giving Việt Nam three slots to compete in the two continental tournaments.
The AFC Cup had been suspended earlier in March due to the coronavirus outbreak and was set to resume this month.
Japanese experts will come and give lectures to young Vietnamese players and their coaches.
They are Nguyễn Văn Quyết of Hà Nội and Huỳnh Kesley Alves of Bình Dương.
The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) announced yesterday that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has officially postponed all matches and events scheduled to take place in March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
With five goals in his last three matches coming on from the bench, Nam has fired coach Chung Hae-soung's HCM City FC to the top of the table.
Many foreigners living in Việt Nam love and follow football. Both in Việt Nam and in their own countries. They follow football back home through online match reports and television broadcasts.
Despite the rundown stadiums, lack of marketing around the game and at times haphazard organisation, the key ingredient is still there: the beautiful game.