VFF - "seat sharing" day

While the position of General Secretary, according to FIFA regulations, must be held by someone outside the VFF Executive Committee, was approved at the first meeting, at midnight on December 8, after electing 17 members, the remaining Board-level seats were vacant. The assignment to the VFF deputy has not yet been carried out.

Waiting anxiously

A few hours after the 8th VFF Congress, Mr. Tran Manh Hung officially returned to the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of VPF. It can be seen that the personnel work of VFF and VPF is not as simple as people think, one must have "a lesson" to get into this "football house" which is considered "many people, many ghosts".

It should be remembered that Mr. Hung was condemned by public opinion when he used threatening words to the Vice Chairman of the Referee Board, Duong Van Hien, in the 7th term of VFF. His actions and statements that reeked of socialism caused Mr. Hung to lose his position as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of VPF and not be able to run for the Vice Chairman of VFF.

Whether Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan will be assigned as permanent Vice President or not is a hot issue of the meeting.

The easiest is the position of Head of the Committee in charge of grassroots football, which is a “pre-made position” that will be reserved for Pham Ngoc Tuan, the father of the very successful Amateur Football League in Vietnam. People in the profession are very interested in the successor to the position of Head of the VFF Referee Committee for the 8th term after the “king of gentlemen” Nguyen Van Mui left behind many storms in the past term.

The fact that there are two "former referees" Duong Van Hien and Vo Minh Tri - whose names are on the VFF Executive Committee list are theoretically candidates, but who knows, they might be assigned to an "outsider" Executive Committee member?

Next story: Chairman Le Khanh Hai is currently the Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, busy with a thousand and one things, so how will he assign work to his deputies? Will there be a permanent Vice President position of VFF like the "previous generation"?

This is a position not in the VFF Charter, but the former President of the 7th VFF, Le Hung Dung, due to his health condition, gave the position of Permanent Vice President to Vice President in charge of professional affairs, Tran Quoc Tuan. That's why the two Vice Presidents Duc and Gu, sitting around doing nothing, while the VFF's affairs are in the hands of the Quoc Tuan - Hoai Anh pair.

How will Chairman Le Khanh Hai assign specific authority and responsibility to the three vice-chairmen, including Tran Quoc Tuan (professional), Can Van Nghia (finance - sponsorship marketing) and Cao Van Chong (communications)? This is a big issue.

There should be no situation where the Vice President of Communications is not assigned to speak like in the last term. Or using the Head of Communications without assigning clear tasks is too wasteful.

Previously, VFF had a Standing Committee consisting of 1 President, 3 Vice Presidents and Mr. Tu (now General Director of VPF). The issue to be discussed is whether to re-establish the Standing Committee or not? Who is the 5th member, was it one of the 2 "former referees" who was pre-planned? What is the relationship between this member and General Secretary Le Hoai Anh?

13 choose 10

Because of removing 4 positions of President and Vice President, the VFF Executive Committee has 13 people left. Meanwhile, the VFF has 10 functional committees. In addition to the Referee Committee, there is also the Finance and Sponsorship Committee, the Women's Football Committee, the Sports Medicine Committee, the Inspection Committee, the Complaints Resolution Committee... 13 members will share these 10 positions, which is also considered not an easy problem.

All eyes are on VFF President Le Khanh Hai.

Compared to before, the VFF apparatus has been streamlined quite a bit. Whether it is streamlined or not is another matter. Interestingly, among the VFF committee members is Mr. Le Van Thanh, who is both a business owner and the president of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation, and who knows that football is valuable.

Fans are waiting for important decisions from football managers, especially when Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that he will deal with all those who affect the reputation and honor of national football.

All eyes are on VFF President Le Khanh Hai, who easily won enough votes to sit in the hot seat 20 days ago.