Coach Kim Sang Sik attended the opening ceremony of the 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament

(NLDO) - On October 3, the 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament officially took place 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, the Vietnam Football Federation and Tuoi Tre Newspaper.

Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Ngo Duy Hieu, Head of the Steering Committee, waved the flag to open the tournament. Photo: Nam Tran

This year, the tournament enters its third season, continuing 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. The event was attended by Coach Kim Sang Sik - Head Coach of the Vietnam national football team.

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 Finals, taking place at the end of October in Ho Chi Minh City.

Coach Kim Sang Sik wishes the players to play with passion and without injuries. Photo: Nam Tran

The worker players were happy to meet the national team head coach. Photo: Nam Tran

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 .

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 enter the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals will be organized in a knockout format. The 4 teams that qualify for the Semifinals will also receive tickets to the National Finals. Meanwhile, the 4 teams that stop in the Quarterfinals will continue to compete in the play-off to select the remaining 2 tickets to the Finals.

Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Head of the Steering Committee of the award, spoke. Photo: Nam Tran

In his opening speech, Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, 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.

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.

The organizing committee awarded commemorative medals of gratitude to sponsors and accompanying units of the tournament - Photo: Nam Tran

"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.

The total prize of the 2025 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament in the Northern region qualifiers is up to 170 million VND. Of which, the champion of the regional qualifiers receives 60 million VND, the second-place team receives 40 million VND, and the third-place team each receives 20 million VND. In addition, the regional qualifiers also have many other prizes such as Best Player, Player with the most goals, Best Goalkeeper, Most Fairplay Team, Most Impressive Cheerleading Team, Best Referee Team. Each prize is worth 5 million VND.

Photo of the tournament opening ceremony. Photo: Nam Tran

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.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, the dramatic matches of the tournament took place at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology stadium. Photo: Nam Tran

A notable highlight is that all matches of the tournament are livestreamed on social networking platforms of the Tuoi Tre ecosystem, the tournament fanpage and the Vietnam Trade Union fanpage. This helps fans who cannot go to the stadium to cheer for the tournament and cheer for the players from afar. VTVcab's VTVprime application will broadcast all matches of the tournament. In addition, FPT Television Company Limited (FPT Play) will also broadcast important matches of the tournament.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-du-le-khai-mac-giai-bong-da-cong-nhan-vien-chuc-viet-nam-2025-196251003215659797.htm