President of the Football Association of Thailand apologizes for the incident of displaying the wrong Vietnamese flag.

On the afternoon of October 30, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung received Ms. Nualphan Lamsam, President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), at the Embassy headquarters in Bangkok.

According to a VNA reporter in Bangkok, at the reception, Ms. Nualphan Lamsam expressed deep regret and sincere apology for the unfortunate incident related to the incorrect display of the Vietnamese national flag during the draw ceremony for the 2025 Southeast Asian U16 and U19 Futsal Championship on October 28.

Ms. Nualphan emphasized that this was a completely unintentional mistake. FAT immediately conducted a review and pledged to prevent similar mistakes from happening in the future.

Ms. Nualphan also said that FAT sent a working delegation led by Vice President Adisak Benjasiriwan to Vietnam to work and directly explain to the leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), under the witness of General Secretary of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Winston Lee.

The President of the Football Association of Thailand shared that she has been involved in football for 18 years and always wants sports , especially football, to become a bridge of friendship connecting countries.

She expressed her special affection for Vietnam and said she always felt the love of Vietnamese football fans during her business trips.

Ambassador Pham Viet Hung said that this was a very regrettable incident. He acknowledged the spirit of mutual respect, quick response, goodwill and openness of FAT, as well as of Chairwoman Nualphan Lamsam in handling the incident.

The Ambassador hopes that similar incidents will not happen again and wishes that FAT and Ms. Nualphan personally continue to play an active role in enhancing cooperation and exchange between the two football cultures, contributing to consolidating and promoting the good cooperative and friendly relationship between the people of the two countries./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/chu-tich-lien-doan-bong-da-thai-lan-xin-loi-ve-su-co-hien-thi-sai-quoc-ky-viet-nam-post1073931.vnp