Opening of LPBank V.League 1- 2024/25: Kicking off a quality season

Hang Day Stadium is bright again on weekends when the LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 National Football Championship officially kicks off, marking a promising season with many dramatic matches. Not only is it a professional domestic playground, LPBank V.League 1 also demonstrates the aspiration of Vietnamese football to reach international standards. This is also an opportunity for the main sponsor, Loc Phat Bank Vietnam (LPBank), to show its support and promote the development of domestic sports. The opening ceremony was brief but solemn with the presence of many senior leaders from government and sports agencies. Attending the event were representatives of the Department of Sports and Physical Training, Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) and representatives of sponsors. The delegates expressed their belief and expectation in the development of Vietnamese football through this year's LPBank V.League 1 tournament, which was organized in a more methodical and professional manner than ever before.

Mr. Bui Thai Ha, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loc Phat Bank Vietnam, spoke at the Opening Ceremony.

The 2024/25 season marks a comprehensive innovation from organization to infrastructure. In particular, LPBank - the main sponsor of the tournament, with its strong investment, brings abundant resources, promising many positive changes for domestic football. Preparations for the 2024/25 season have been made since the middle of phase 1 of the 2023/24 season. Facilities and field quality are top priorities.

Mr. Bui Thai Ha, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loc Phat Bank Vietnam, representing the main sponsor, received flowers of thanks from the Organizing Committee.

VPF has coordinated with sponsors, clubs, and local organizers to renovate, fix, and complete before the new season begins. Speaking at the event, Mr. Bui Thai Ha, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loc Phat Bank Vietnam, affirmed: "LPBank is proud to accompany the LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 and considers this a great opportunity to contribute to the long-term and sustainable development of domestic football". This season, V.League has 2 more VAR cars sponsored by the World Football Federation - FIFA and will be handed over to VPF by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The implementation of VAR will bring professionalism and modernization to the tournament, meeting the expectations of fans as well as experts.

Mr. Hoang Van Phuc, Deputy General Director of LPBank, along with leaders of the Department of Sports and Physical Training, VFF, and VPF, went down to the field to present flowers to encourage the two teams and the referee team at the opening match.

LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 is also the second season with a 2-year continuous competition schedule and is organized with a time frame synchronized with the international competition schedule, starting from this fall to next summer. With this schedule, Vietnamese teams will get used to the pace and requirements of competing at a higher level. This helps players have more time to rest and recover, thereby improving their professional quality and minimizing injuries. This is a strategic step, helping to improve the quality of the tournament and bring V.League closer to the world's leading tournaments. "Adjusting the competition schedule and applying international standards is a sign that V.League is on the right track in building a professional football system where teams have the opportunity to develop comprehensively," said Mr. Bui Thai Ha, representative of LPBank, the main sponsor of the tournament.

LPBank V.League 1 - 2024/25 officially kicks off

LPBank V.League 1-2024/25 is also highly anticipated by fans not only because of the investment in VAR technology, but also because of expectations about player quality with the participation of many foreign players and new players aged 16 to 22. For any football, the professional tournament system is always the foundation, the launching pad, and needs to be firmly consolidated. V.League must be upgraded with fierce competitions. Because domestic tournaments will build a good foundation for the national team. That is to say, from the 2024/2025 season, V-League will be truly "awakened" to have new steps of development./.

On July 15, 2024, LPBank officially changed its name to Loc Phat Bank Vietnam, opening up more opportunities for cooperation and business development, while demonstrating the vision of the Bank's leaders in moving towards prosperity and prosperity with customers, the community and the country. The change of name and brand identity marks the beginning of a new development phase of LPBank with a new business strategy, aiming at new values ​​for customers, partners and shareholders. On the journey of strong transformation, to date, LPBank is "present" in all communes and districts across the country, with a network spanning 63 provinces and cities with more than 1,200 transaction points. The strength of the network is one of the main driving forces for the growth of capital mobilization from the population, retail lending of the whole bank and is a strategic spearhead in the following years.

K.Oanh