La Liga helps Vietnam develop professional football

Under the MoU, VFF and La Liga will cooperate on expertise exchange to develop professional and community football as well as national teams of Vietnam, along with training projects.

The La Liga Vietnam Academy will organize training courses for coaches develop young football talents together with VFF.

VFF General Secretary Duong Nghiep Khoi said such cooperation will open up opportunities for Vietnamese football to learn about professional football in Europe, including in La Liga, one of the leading football brands in the continent.

The MoU can bring the youth team of Vietnam to Spain for training in order to acquire experience and hone in skills for future international tournaments, especially the World Cup, he expected.

Khoi also revealed that the national football team are likely to play a number of international friendlies with Syria, Palestine, the Republic of Korea and China

Ivan Codina, La Liga’s Southeast Asia managing director, affirmed that Vietnam is a strategically important country in Asia for La Liga, and La Liga is proud to cooperate with VFF to develop Vietnamese football.