Vietnam team offers incense to commemorate Hung Kings before ASEAN Cup 2024

On the morning of December 5, the Vietnamese team offered incense to commemorate the Hung Kings at the Hung Temple Historical Site (Phu Tho). This is a meaningful activity towards the team's roots, to express gratitude to the ancestors who contributed to building and defending the country.

The ceremony took place in a solemn and respectful atmosphere. At Kinh Thien Palace, on the top of Nghia Linh Mountain, representatives of local leaders, VFF leaders, head coach Kim Sang Sik, members of the coaching staff and all players offered incense to commemorate and pay tribute to the Hung Kings; at the same time, they expressed their determination to strive to do their best to compete for the best results at the upcoming Southeast Asian Championship, bringing glory to the Fatherland.

In the first time joining the students to offer incense at the ancestral land,Coach Kim Sang-sikemotionally expressed: “The incense offering ceremony at Hung Temple today was truly a special experience for me personally. During the training course in Korea, we also spent time visiting a temple there. And when today we were able to offer incense to commemorate the Hung Kings, I saw that both Vietnam and Korea have quite similar spiritual cultures.

Through today’s incense offering, I believe that the players will feel the sacredness and solidarity from the glorious history of the Vietnamese people. This will certainly give the whole team great motivation to strive to complete the set goals at this year’s ASEAN Cup.”

Tomorrow morning (December 6), the team will leave for Laos to prepare for the opening match in Group B of the 2024 Southeast Asian Championship against the host country's team. This match will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 9 at the Laos National Stadium.