Excited opening of the 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament

This morning, October 3, the 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament officially kicked off its third season at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology Stadium.

The Vietnam Workers' and Civil Servants' Football Tournament is an annual tournament jointly organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL), the Vietnam Football Federation and Tuoi Tre Newspaper.

Vice President of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Head of the Steering Committee waved the flag to open the tournament.

PHOTO: NAM TRAN

Entering its third year, the tournament continues to affirm its role as a healthy and beneficial sports playground, creating opportunities for exchange, health training, and improving the cultural and spiritual life of workers, civil servants, and laborers across the country.

In his opening speech, Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and Head of the Steering Committee of the tournament, said that after two seasons, the Vietnam Workers' and Civil Servants' Football Tournament has become a useful and healthy playground and a place for exchange, meeting, sharing, inspiration and motivation for workers and civil servants nationwide.

Representatives of the Organizing Committee and delegates congratulated the teams before the competition.

PHOTO: NAM TRAN

This year's season is also meaningful in the run-up to the 14th National Party Congress and organizing practical activities to implement major programs, resolutions, orientations, and policies of the Party and State, as well as in the context of the whole country focusing on implementing the revolution of streamlining the apparatus.

"We expect the tournament to continue to promote the results achieved in the previous two tournaments and create new colors and new values. We believe that through the tournament, we will continue to affirm the stature and health of civil servants nationwide," Mr. Hieu emphasized.

Total prize of the northern region qualifying round is up to 170 million VND

The 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament will go through two rounds. The qualifying round will be held in the northern region ( Hanoi ) and the southern region (Ho Chi Minh City) to select the 16 best teams to qualify for the national final round, taking place at the end of October in Ho Chi Minh City.

In which, the northern region qualifying round gathered 16 participating teams, including: Bac Ninh 1 Trade Union, Vietnam Education Trade Union, Ninh Binh Trade Union, Hai Phong City Trade Union, Dien Bien Trade Union, Hung Yen Trade Union, Hanoi City Trade Union, Bac Ninh 2 Trade Union, Phu Tho Trade Union, Vietnam Health Trade Union, People's Public Security Trade Union, Vietnam Bank Trade Union, Vietnam Industry and Trade Trade Union, State Bank, VPBank, Agribank .

Coach Kim Sang-sik signed autographs for players participating in the tournament

PHOTO: NAM TRAN

The 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups, playing a round robin to determine the 4 group winners and 4 group runners-up to advance to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals will be organized in a knockout format. The four teams that qualify for the semi-finals will simultaneously receive tickets to the national finals. Meanwhile, the 4 teams that stop in the quarter-finals will continue to compete in the play-off to select the remaining 2 tickets to the finals.

The total prize for the Northern Regional Qualifiers is up to 170 million VND. Of which, the champion team of the Regional Qualifiers will receive 60 million VND, the second-place team will receive 40 million VND, and the third-place team will each receive 20 million VND.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, the dramatic matches of the tournament took place.

PHOTO: NAM TRAN

In addition, the regional qualifiers also have many other awards such as best player, top scorer, best goalkeeper, most fair-play team, most impressive cheering team, best referee team. Each award is worth 5 million VND.

In addition to organizing football competitions, in the qualifying and final round competition areas, the Organizing Committee also implements online interactive activities such as voting for beautiful goals or direct interactive activities in the organizing area such as: free examination and consultation on sports medicine and musculoskeletal diseases; discount booths, minigames to receive attractive gifts,... to take care of the cultural and spiritual life of workers, attracting audiences to the stadium to watch and cheer.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hao-hung-khai-mac-giai-bong-da-cong-nhan-vien-chuc-viet-nam-2025-18525100309421887.htm