Day: July 13, 2021

The national futsal team will gather on July 20 at the Ho Chi Minh City National Sports Training Centre, instead of August 2 as announced earlier, to prepare for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The adjustment aims to ensure professional requirements for the players as the second round of fixtures for the Futsal HDBank National Championship cannot take place as schedule due to the impact of COVID-19.

Members of the team will join practice until August 25, the third of its kind in this year, and leave for Spain for further training.

It is to compete at a futsal tournament, together with Japan, Guatemala and host Spain, which is slated for August 28-31.

The Vietnamese squad is set to play a friendly with Spanish club Cordoba on September 3 before travelling to Lithuania to play at the World Cup, which will be held from September 12 to October 3.

Before the start of the global futsal event, Vietnam may join another friendly with Morocco on September 6.

Vietnam clinched a berth at the 2021 Futsal World Cup after beating Lebanon in the Asian playoff.

Vietnam will face Brazil in its first match on September 13, Panama on September 16 and the Czech Republic three days later.

All players of the team have been fully vaccinated./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Vietnam People’s Navy on July 12 held a ceremony in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa to see off a delegation of naval soldiers who will compete in the 2021 Army Games in Russia.

The team will also participate in a parade in celebration of the 325th founding anniversary of the Russian Navy.

The delegation will compete in the “Seaborne Assault” category for naval infantry units, with their fleet comprising frigates 015-Tran Hung Dao and 016-Quang Trung of Brigade 162 of Naval Region 4.

The two vessels left Cam Ranh port in Khanh Hoa province for Russia on July 13.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, this year’s Army Games will be held from August 22 to September 4. A total of 277 teams from 41 countries and territories will compete in 34 categories.

Teams from the Vietnam People’s Army gained outstanding results and surpassed their set targets at the 2020 Army Games./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency