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A "majority" of football federations support increasing the number of teams playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in Doha on Thursday.

Ahead of the 2018 AFF Cup final return leg this weekend, Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo received good news as he was named among the 12 winners of the “Persons of the Year 2018 Awards” by the Journalists Association of Korea.

Hundreds of Vietnamese football fans on Thursday queued up at the headquarters of the Vietnam Football Federation in Hanoi to get tickets for the second-leg final match between against Malaysia.

Vietnam drew Malaysia in the first-leg final of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018, which took place at the Bukit Jalil national stadium in Kuala Lumpur on December 11.

Thousands of Vietnamese football fans have flown to Malaysia to cheer on the national team in the first-leg of AFF Suzuki cup final.

Nguyen Quang Hai, Vietnam’s midfielder maestro, has been nominated for the Best Footballer in Asia Award, held by Titan Sports and Fox Sports Asia.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Le Quy Quynh, the embassy’s staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community on December 7 greeted Vietnam’s national football team at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Vietnam entered the finals of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 after defeating the Philippines 2-1 in the return leg of the semifinal, which took place at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on December 6.

Over 1,000 police and security guards have been assigned to My Dinh Stadium as Vietnam play the Philippines in the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final second leg on Thursday evening.

Malaysia moved into the final of the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup on Wednesday (Dec 5) in dramatic fashion, eliminating defending champions Thailand courtesy of away goals after drawing the second leg of the semi-final in Bangkok 2-2.

Vietnam beat the Philippines 2-1 in the first leg of the ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 semifinal, which took place at Panaad Stadium in Bacolod of the Philippines on December 2.

Former Vietnamese footballer Lê Công Vinh is the youngest candidate running for a place on the executive committee of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for the 2018-22 term.

Many Vietnamese football fans queued up early this morning, November 30, to receive tickets for the semi-final match against the Philippines at the on-going AFF Suzuki Cup.

Hundreds of Vietnamese fans gathered at the office of the Vietnamese Football Federation to complain about the sale of tickets for the AFF Cup home leg semi-final against the Philippines.

The fourth International Ha Long Bay Heritage Marathon took place in Ha Long city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, on November 25, attracting almost 2,000 runners from over 60 countries.

Four-time Olympic shooting champion Jin Jong-oh of the Republic of Korea will come to Vietnam on November 30 to meet with Vietnamese shooters, according to the Vietnam Shooting Federation.

Vietnam made light work of Cambodia 3-0 in their last group match at Hanoi’s Hang Day stadium on November 24 to make it through to the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup semifinals as the Group A winners.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed that all 14,000 tickets for the match between Vietnam and Cambodia in Group A of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 have been sold.

Despite creating more opportunities to score, Park Hang-seo’s side could not convert any of them into a goal and were forced to settle for a goalless draw against Myanmar in their third Group A match at the 2018 AFF