Successfully organizing the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship: Bringing the image of the Homeland far and wide

PhuthoPortal - After more than 20 days of exciting competition, the Vietnam National Football Team has excelled over strong teams to win the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship. Contributing to that overall success, Phu Tho province has well organized 2 group stage matches, 1 semi-final return match and 1 final first leg of the Vietnam National Football Team at Viet Tri Stadium, leaving deep impressions on the delegations of athletes, coaches, referees and tens of thousands of football lovers across the country and the region with thoughtful, enthusiastic, friendly and hospitable reception.

In recent times, with the province's efforts, Viet Tri Stadium has been evaluated as one of the stadiums with the most modern and standard grass field in Vietnam with a capacity of nearly 20,000 seats. Along with that, the system of functional rooms and training grounds for the teams has also been invested in and upgraded to ensure quality according to the standards of the Asian Football Federation. With investment in infrastructure and experience in organizing and hosting major sporting events, Phu Tho province has now risen to affirm itself as a "red address" to organize major sporting events of national and international scale.

Viet Tri Stadium - the venue for the Vietnam National Football Team's matches at the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship and many other tournaments

In December 2024, Phu Tho province continues to be honored to host 4 matches of the Vietnam National Football Team at the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship. For the matches to take place successfully, Phu Tho province has carefully prepared all stages and tasks, from facilities, logistics, reception to communication, health care , ensuring security and order, traffic safety, environmental sanitation...
Under the close and drastic direction of the provincial leaders, departments, branches and localities have actively participated, comprehensively, synchronously and uniformly deployed assigned tasks with the highest sense of responsibility. Phu Tho province has mobilized over 1,000 police officers and soldiers to well implement security tasks for the competition such as escort vehicles, security and order in the inner and outer circles; fire prevention and fighting... before, during and after the matches. The security and order situation in the province is always absolutely safe, with no sudden or unexpected situations occurring during the matches.
Mr. Nguyen Ba Khuyen - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism , Head of the Organizing Committee of the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship in Phu Tho province said: Issues related to accommodation, reception, travel, training, competition... of the teams competing in the province are all carried out by the Organizing Committee of the province in the best possible conditions. With careful and serious preparation, the matches at Viet Tri Stadium were successfully organized, highly appreciated by superiors and left a good image in the eyes of international friends.
With a passion for sports and the attraction of the matches of the Vietnam National Football Team at the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship, many fans across the country have come to Phu Tho province to line up to buy tickets sold directly with the hope of getting a ticket to Viet Tri Stadium to watch and cheer for the national team players.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh from Ho Chi Minh City said: We feel very satisfied and happy because we have both experienced tourism and watched and cheered for the Vietnam National Football Team to compete in Phu Tho province. This is a wonderful and emotional tour. We enjoyed the unique cultural features of the Fatherland and lived in the vibrant atmosphere, filled with the red color that the fans brought to Viet Tri Stadium to cheer for the teams.
Along with carefully preparing the training and competition grounds and ensuring safety and security for the teams, the Phu Tho Provincial Organizing Committee also arranged accommodation for delegates, referees, players and the coaching staff of the teams at Muong Thanh Phu Tho Hotel, X2 Vibe Viet Tri Hotel, Saigon - Phu Tho Hotel. These are quality accommodation addresses, fully meeting the most stringent requirements on accommodation conditions with the hope that the teams will have the most comfortable experiences when returning to Phu Tho province. In addition to ensuring nutrition and food safety for the athletes, the local Organizing Committee also coordinated with hotels to organize flower arrangements to welcome the teams when they arrived in Phu Tho province. Thereby, demonstrating the hospitality and warmth of the Vietnamese people in general and Phu Tho in particular.

Head coach of the Singapore football team Tsutomu Ogura highly appreciated the quality of Viet Tri Stadium.

Head coach of the Singapore football team Tsutomu Ogura said: Although we had to travel a long distance to compete in Vietnam, we were warmly welcomed by the local organizing committee, with attentive, active and friendly support. In particular, we felt very secure when the local organizing committee created all the conditions for facilities, accommodation as well as a very good system of stadiums and training grounds, creating favorable conditions for the teams to participate in training and competing. We would like to thank the hospitality and warmth of the Vietnamese people in general and Phu Tho in particular.
Not only international friends and domestic people highly appreciated the organization and were impressed with the land and people of Phu Tho, but also the people of the Ancestral Land were very happy and proud when their province successfully organized the matches of the Vietnam National Football Team.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Duy in Thanh Mieu Ward, Viet Tri City said: Not only me but all the fans of Dat To wish to witness the players of the Vietnam National Football Team compete right at Viet Tri Stadium. Witnessing the matches going smoothly, we are very happy and proud that Phu Tho province has successfully organized the matches of the Vietnam National Football Team at the Southeast Asian Football Championship. Thereby creating an opportunity to promote the image of friendliness and hospitality, contributing to affirming the achievements of Vietnamese sports in the region and in the world.

With the enthusiastic support and encouragement of the fans, including the fans of the Land of Ancestors, the Vietnam National Football Team has set a series of new records, with the highlight being the absolute victory over the reigning Champion of the 2022 Southeast Asian Football Championship, the Thai football team, in both the first and second leg of the Final. Notably, Coach Kim Sang Sik and his team are also the only team to win the Championship with an undefeated record (7 wins and 1 draw) at the Southeast Asian Football Championship, including 4 absolute victories at Viet Tri Stadium.
The successful organization of the matches of the Vietnam National Football Team at the Southeast Asian Football Championship in Phu Tho this time continues to leave a deep impression on international and domestic friends about the professionalism in organizing, investing in infrastructure, facilities and most of all, spreading the image of the land, people, historical and cultural values of the Ancestral Land. At the same time, it is also an opportunity for Phu Tho to continue to affirm its capacity to organize national, regional and international sporting events.
Ngoc Kien
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