Coach Mai Duc Chung and Doan Van Hau honored in Southeast Asia

Vietnamese football won big at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Awards Gala on the evening of September 23.

VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan received the "Federation of the Year" award.

The ASEAN Football Federation Annual Awards Gala took place in Bali, Indonesia. This event was to honor member federations, coaches, players, and referees with outstanding achievements in 2016 and 2017.

Coach Mai Duc Chung received the award for Coach of the Year for women's football.. The strategist born in 1951 made a strong impression when helping the Vietnamese women's team win the gold medal at the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia. This is the fifth time that Vietnamese women's football has won the title in this playground, equal to Thailand, including three times under the leadership of coach Mai Duc Chung. The award for Coach of the Year for men's football belongs to coach Kiatisuk Senamuang of Thailand. This former player helped Thailand win the 2016 AFF Cup and advance to the final qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup but is currently unemployed.

Doan Van Hau was honored as the Best Young Player.. The 18-year-old defender of Hanoi Club has grown remarkably over the past year, playing for the U19, U20, U22, U23 teams, the Vietnam national team competing in many tournaments such as the U19 Asian finals, U20 FIFA World Cup, SEA Games, Asian Cup qualifiers...

In addition to Van Hau, player Trong Hoang was also recognized for being included in the typical squad of Southeast Asia.

Coach Mai Duc Chung helped Vietnamese women's football team win the SEA Games gold medal three times.

VFF honored as Federation of the Year. This is the recognition of AFF when Vietnam successfully hosted and organized a series of events such as the Asian Futsal Club Championship, Asian Women's Qualifiers, and Asian U23 Qualifiers. In particular, AFF highly appreciated the recent success of Vietnam in youth tournaments when U20 Vietnam was the only representative of Southeast Asia to reach the final round of the U20 FIFA World Cup, U15 won the Southeast Asian Championship...

Previously, VFF was nominated for two consecutive years for the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) awards for Member Football Federation of the Year and Member Football Federation with Grassroots Football Development.

Also at the Southeast Asian Football Awards Gala,Female assistant Truong Thi Le Trinh was honored as the Outstanding Assistant Referee..

According to VNE