PVF Center and grassroots football honored

Vietnamese football is highly appreciated by AFC

At the AFC Special Award for Grassroots Football, the Community Football Project in Vietnam (FFAV) won the Best Grassroots Project award. Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Member of the Grassroots Football Committee of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Chief Representative of the Norwegian Football Federation in Vietnam, Director of the "Community Football in Vietnam FFAV" project won the Best Grassroots Leader award.

The "Football for All in Vietnam" (FFAV) project is a cooperative initiative between the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) and the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), initiated in 2001 and directly managed by Mr. Nguyen Hoang Phuong.

The project "Community Football in Vietnam" has created a healthy and useful playground for children in all regions of the country.

The project aims to develop grassroots football in schools and social protection centers, to educate students about personality and physical fitness, and to prevent social evils.

During its operation and development, FFAV has achieved many remarkable achievements, including the establishment of many football clubs in Thua Thien Hue province and other regions, as well as organizing life skills activities integrated into football. This project was awarded the AFC "Dream Asia Gold Award" twice in 2015 and 2017 respectively for its positive contributions to the development of community football.

PVF Honor

For the AFC Special Award for Youth Football, PVF Youth Football Training Center won the Youth Academy of the Year award. This is a very honorable award for PVF Youth Football Training Center.

PVF Youth Football Training Center is known as one of the leading football training centers in Vietnam, possessing good facilities, with a system of training grounds and competition grounds that meet international standards.

PVF's achievements are remarkable with many achievements in national youth football tournaments, including championships in the U.13, U.15, U.17 and U.19 age groups.

In 2020, PVF Youth Football Training Center was awarded the "AFC Three-Star Academy" certificate by AFC, the highest level in the quality assessment scale of youth football training systems in Asia.

PVF Center

In addition to announcing the AFC's special awards for grassroots and youth football, the AFC has also officially released the shortlist of the top 3 nominees for important award categories that will be presented at the AFC Annual Awards event, taking place on October 29 in Seoul, South Korea.

In the "Football Federation of the Year" category honoring member football federations with outstanding activities in 2023, VFF was selected by AFC in the top 3 nominees for the diamond award (second highest after Platinum), alongside the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Football Association of Thailand (FAT).

Vietnam is also nominated for the "AFC President's Recognition Award for Grassroots Football" (understood as football teams that are active in youth training and community football) in the bronze category, alongside two other federations, Taiwan and Cambodia.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/afc-trao-thuong-cho-viet-nam-trung-tam-pvf-va-bong-da-phong-trao-duoc-vinh-danh-18524102117551714.htm