VFF surveys and promotes women’s football development in Quang Tri Province and Hue City

The delegation was led by VFF General Secretary Nguyen Van Phu and included Deputy General Secretary Nguyen Thanh Ha, Head of the UEFA/AFC Women’s Football Project, representatives from VFF departments including the Technical Department and the Education, Grassroots Football & Member Associations Department, as well as youth women’s football coaches.

In Quang Tri Province, the delegation met with leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and representatives of the provincial Department of Education and Training. Local authorities expressed strong interest in developing women’s football and reaffirmed their commitment to promoting school sports in a comprehensive, gender-equal and sustainable manner.

In recent years, schoolgirls’ football in Quang Tri has seen positive progress, with more than 100 school clubs and 50 grassroots football clubs operating under the “Non-Competitive Football in Schools” project supported by FFAV. The girls’ football competition within the Phu Dong Health Games has been maintained annually. In the 2025–2026 academic year alone, the first School Sports Festival attracted 15 lower secondary school girls’ teams with nearly 200 participants.

On the afternoon of May 19, at the artificial turf field of Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, VFF experts conducted technical assessments of 132 female students, including 60 pupils from five primary schools and 72 students from six lower secondary schools across Quang Tri Province.

Continuing the programme, on May 21 the delegation worked with leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports, the Department of Education and Training, and the Hue City Football Federation to assess the current situation and discuss future directions for women’s football development in the locality.

According to local assessments, women’s football in Hue City has been sustained through close cooperation among the sports and education sectors and the city football federation. Activities such as Football Fun Days and women’s football tournaments at commune, ward and city levels are held regularly. Notably, grassroots football for boys and girls has been developed in parallel, maintaining a 50–50 participation ratio and creating favourable conditions for more female students to access and participate in football. In addition, universities in the city continue to organize annual women’s football tournaments.

At Tu Do Stadium, VFF experts further evaluated 132 female students selected from five primary schools and six lower secondary schools in Hue City. Through the survey process in both Quang Tri Province and Hue City, the delegation identified several promising players for future training and development programmes.

The working visit to Quang Tri Province and Hue City once again reaffirmed VFF’s determination to expand and improve the quality of women’s football nationwide, while opening up further development opportunities for women’s football in Central Vietnam and contributing to the overall growth of women’s football in the country.