Leaked swearing tape: VFF may suspend VPF Vice President

Regarding the leak of the recording of the internal meeting of VFF, recently, through the press, Mr. Vuong Bich Thang - General Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training expressed his opinion and directed:

“Not only players, referees, and coaches must behave properly on the field, but football managers must also set an example. The incident between VPF Vice Chairman Tran Manh Hung and VFF Referee Board Vice Chairman Duong Van Hien must be handled strictly.”

Director General of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training Vuong Bich Thang directed VFF and VPF to strictly handle the incident related to VPF Vice President Tran Manh Hung and VFF Referee Board Deputy Duong Van Hien. Photo: IT

According to Mr. Thang, the actions of Mr. Hung and Mr. Hien have affected Vietnamese football.

"VFF and VPF must handle this seriously to avoid public opinion thinking that the behavior of Mr. Hung and Mr. Hien is the behavior of Vietnamese football or all those working in VFF and VPF," Mr. Thang emphasized.

For its part, VFF also sent an official dispatch requesting the VFF Inspection Board to review and strictly handle the incident.

On May 21, VFF continued to send another official dispatch requesting VPF to seriously handle this incident.

After the VPF Board of Directors meeting this afternoon, what disciplinary action will Mr. Tran Manh Hung (in pink shirt, standing in the middle) receive? Photo: IT

Following the direction of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and VFF, this afternoon, the VPF Board of Directors chaired by Chairman Tran Anh Tu will meet to make a decision on the case of Mr. Tran Manh Hung.

But the problem is that Mr. Hung's violations are too obvious and have been made public through a 6-minute audio recording that was circulated on social networks.

With Mr. Hung's violations, based on the VFF Charter, VFF can completely issue a disciplinary suspension of Mr. Tran Manh Hung's duties.

Clause 2, Article 16 of the VFF Charter stipulates on "Suspension and temporary suspension of members" clearly stating:

“During the period between two Congresses, if a member seriously violates the obligations of a member (stipulated in Article 15 of this Charter), the Executive Board (EC) has the right to decide to temporarily suspend the member of that organization. The EC's decision to temporarily suspend the member will be effective until the next Congress...”

Thus, in the case of the VPF Board of Directors "raising high and hitting lightly", the role of VFF, specifically the VFF Executive Committee, is needed to thoroughly resolve the violations of Mr. Tran Manh Hung - Vice Chairman of the VPF Board of Directors.

Otherwise, public opinion will not be convinced.

At that time, the trust in Vietnamese football in general and V.League in particular (the tournament that VPF controls and organizes) which is showing signs of revival after the historic feat of U23 Vietnam will be greatly lost!