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| Every day, the Vietnamese Olympic team is provided with three buffet meals at the Grand Bluewave. This 4-star hotel is located in a Muslim-majority area, so the food doesn't suit the taste of the Vietnamese Olympic players. Midfielder Tuan Anh has to check the flavors before deciding what to choose. |
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| Despite the hotel offering a wide variety of dishes, the players' plates of rice remained completely empty. Captain Que Ngoc Hai shared: "The hotel had hundreds of options, but my teammates and I could only manage to eat 2-3 dishes. The coaching staff tried to compensate by buying additional food from outside to supplement our nutrition." |
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| Because the food didn't suit their taste, Cong Phuong and his teammates chose many vegetable dishes to eat with their rice. |
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| The only food Vietnamese players can "force themselves to eat" is chicken, although it's prepared very differently from how it's cooked in Vietnam. |
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| The team members had to bring extra shredded pork, chili sauce, and dried fish simmered in fish sauce down to the dining room. |
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| Because he didn't like the taste of Islamic food, the player had to eat dried shredded pork brought from Vietnam. |
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| Midfielder Duc Huy shared a box of braised fish with his coach and teammates. |
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| Coach Razip Ismail regularly meets with the Vietnamese Olympic team during meals at the Grand Bluewave Hotel. The Malaysian team has no difficulty with food and drink when playing at home. |
According to Zing
