On June 7, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and FPT Television Company Limited (FPT Play), a member of Telecommunications Joint Stock Company (FPT Telecom), officially cooperated and announced the television rights to tournaments with the participation of the National Team for 6 years, from 4 to 2023.
The Vietnam team and Vietnam U23 are practicing together at the VFF Youth Football Training Center
Sharing a common vision in developing Vietnamese football, VFF and FPT Play signed a long-term and comprehensive cooperation agreement.
This event not only marks a new milestone in the effort to find and mobilize maximum socialization resources for football, but also reaffirms FPT Play's role as a leader in television rights, contributing to each step of the national team's growth.
Accordingly, all international matches with the national team participating and competing, held in the territory of Vietnam, which the television franchise is owned by VFF, will be produced and reported by FPT Play directly on the following infrastructures: terrestrial, cable, satellite, IPTV, Internet, mobile, public projection and exploitation on social networks...
Expressing his belief in the good cooperation relationship between the two sides, Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi, General Secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation affirmed: “With the advantage of being the unit that simultaneously holds the broadcasting rights to national professional football tournaments and many other international tournaments of the Continent over the years, FPT Play is a reliable partner with full potential and experience in implementing the above works.
I believe VFF will join FPT Play in bringing special football experiences to fans across the country in the near future.”
With many matches to be held in Vietnam each year, domestic audiences will have the opportunity to watch the matches of Vietnam's national men's football team, Vietnam's Olympic men's football team, Vietnam's national U23 men's football team and Vietnam's national U22 men's soccer team for 4 consecutive years from 2023 to 2027 on FPT Play as well as on other TV channels and application platforms.
“With the experience of producing and reporting live many world-class matches such as the matches of the 3 Asian World Cup Qualifiers as well as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tournaments… FPT Telecom in general and FPT Play in particular are honored to accompany VFF to bring fans all the matches of the national team in the next 2022 years. This cooperation event once again strongly affirms the message of creating happiness that we pursue.
Besides, in order to strengthen the bilateral cooperation, with the position of a leading technology corporation in Vietnam, we will coordinate with the Federation and support the digital transformation of the Federation's activities in the coming time", affirmed Mr. Hoang Viet Anh, FPT Telecom Chairman cum Deputy General Director of FPT Corporation in charge of Digital Transformation.
In the immediate future, VFF has confirmed with FPT Play the matches within the framework of the first year cooperation. Right in June, FPT Play will broadcast live the friendly match between Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) from Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong on June 06, and the match between Vietnam and Syria from Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh on June 15.
And in September, 09 matches of U3 Vietnam team in the 23 Asian U23 Qualifier will also be sent to fans by FPT Play on all platforms of the unit.
The representative of FPT Play also said that the unit is ready to negotiate and make every effort to create all conditions for sharing rights related to the copyright of matches with the participation of the Vietnamese national team to all media units in the country.
