On the evening of October 28, VFF sent an official document to the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) as well as the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) to protest and request clarification of the incident of incorrectly displaying the Vietnamese national flag at the draw ceremony for the 2025 Southeast Asian U19 and U16 futsal championship, which took place on the same afternoon in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Accordingly, during the drawing ceremony, the Chinese flag was displayed instead of the Vietnamese flag on the Vietnam team 's draw.

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Serious mistake by the organizing committee of host country Thailand in the drawing ceremony of the 2025 Southeast Asian U19 and U16 futsal tournament.

In a document sent to the AFF, the VFF clearly stated its view that this serious incident could have consequences affecting Vietnam's image and negatively impacting the solidarity of the ASEAN community.

VFF requested the Southeast Asian Football Federation to clarify the cause of the above incident and ensure strict measures to prevent similar mistakes from happening again in upcoming events.

VFF believes that AFF is also fully aware of the seriousness of this incident and will handle it with the highest sense of responsibility, caution and professionalism.

Currently, about 1 hour after the draw ended, the Football Association of Thailand has removed the video related to the above error. At the same time, the President of the Football Association of Thailand Nualphan Lamsam (Madam Pang) contacted the VFF to apologize for the incident.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/vff-yeu-cau-lam-ro-su-co-lien-doan-bong-da-thai-lan-dung-sai-quoc-ky-viet-nam-2457255.html