Vietnam’s 3-2 win over the Philippines in the World Cup qualifier on June 6 evening has caught attention from FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Asian media.

Vietnam came back from time to time to secure a 3-2 victory over the Philippines in the World Cup qualifier at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on June 6 evening.

Vietnam remained the number one team in Southeast Asia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines, in the latest edition of the FIFA Men’s World Rankings, the first of this year.

Coach Park Hang-seo said he regretted Vietnam's 1-0 loss to Australia in Hanoion September 7, but based on the performance the sides were nearly the same quality.

Head coach Park Hang-seo will have some hard decisions to make ahead of the national team's next World Cup qualifier against Malaysia due to the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.

Vietnam will play Iraq in a friendly match ahead of their next 2022 World Cup qualifier in March.

Vietnam have clinched their second consecutive victory in the second round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers after brilliantly trouncing Indonesia 3-1 in their third Group G match on October 15.

Vietnam secured their first victory at the World Cup 2022’s second qualifying round in the match against Malaysia at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on October 10.

Vietnam have dropped two places to world No. 99 in the FIFA rankings released in September.

The U22 national team have been announced for the upcoming friendly match against China.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called the national football team to show them his support ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match in Thailand on September 5.