VFF organizes a party to thank head coach Park Hang-seo

  09/02/2023 09:27:18

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On the evening of February 8, VFF held a thank you party and awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister and the Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to coach Park Hang-seo, assistant Lee Joung Jin, recognizing the contributions of the Korean strategist in 5 years as the head coach of the national team and the U23 national team of Vietnam.

The delegation, on the side of the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there were Mr. Nguyen Van Hung – Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee; Mr. Hoang Dao Cuong – Deputy Minister. On the side of the Vietnam Sports Adminstration, there were Mr. Dang Ha Viet – Director General; Mr. Vuong Bich Thang, Former Director General; Ms. Le Thi Hoang Yen – Deputy Director General. On the side of the Vietnam Football Federation, there were Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan – President of VFF; Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien – Vice President; Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hoi – Standing Member of the Executive Committee; Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi-General Secretary.

Present at the ceremony were the members of the Executive Committee; President, Vice President of National Coaches Council; General Secretariat; leaders of VFF functional departments; Board of Directors of Vietnam Youth Football Training Center and distinguished guests.

After 5 years of accompanying Vietnamese football, from October 2017, coach Park Hang-seo has brought the Vietnamese team and the Vietnam U23 team to historic milestones. Since 2018, Vietnamese football has made continuous progress and on the FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese team has always led the Southeast Asia region, ranked in the top 16 in Asia and the top 100 in the world. His memorable achievements with Vietnamese football are the runner-up position of the 2018 Asian U23 Championship in Changzhou – China, the AFF Championship 2018, reaching the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup 2019, two consecutive gold medals in men’s football at the 30th and 31st SEA Games. The most prominent mark is that his team overcame many big opponents to enter the final qualifying round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Asian for the first time in the history of Vietnamese football.

On behalf of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung – Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee shared: “In the past 5 years, Coach Park Hang-seo has lead the Vietnamese team from one victory to another. It was he who inspired the leadership to bring Vietnamese football into history ever since. I think that with his humility, his way of spreading spirit, and his scientific tactics, will be valuable experience for Vietnamese football players. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will direct the specialized agency to study the results coach Park has left, how to inherit and promote in the training of the next generation of players. We also hope that, as he said, even though he is no longer the head coach, he will still be an active fan and a companion to Vietnamese football to contribute Vietnamese football in the coming time. Behind the successful results that he has achieved with Vietnamese football, there are still many difficulties that we are trying to overcome. The ministry also proposed to the Party and Government to issue a project to develop Vietnamese football in the new period. With that strategy, there is a methodical way to develop in a fundamental way, going in the right direction. This work is underway and we look forward to receiving your valuable ideal for contributions.”

For his part, coach Park Hang-seo said: “During the 5 years I have been with Vietnamese football, I have always worked hard and tried to achieve the best results. However, it is also inevitable that there are shortcomings. But every time there was such a problem, the leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as well as the leaders of VFF helped me a lot to overcome, step by step focusing on the matches. Actually, it is not easy for a Korean to come to another country like Vietnam to be able to live and work smoothly. But thanks to the help of the Ministry and VFF, I have had favorable conditions during my 5 years of working. In addition, it is impossible not to mention the support of Vietnamese football fans. I regret not being able to have a higher achievement of Vietnamese football. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Vietnamese football clubs for sending us great players to contribute to the national team and the national U23 team, to the players for their hard work, to the coaching staff, to the assistants. Vietnamese and Korean people have always been with me and given many initiatives to achieve this success. 5 years have come to an end, my memories with the players I will never forget. I want to say the last word: I am Park Hang Seo – head coach of the Vietnam national team! Thank you very much, I love Vietnam”.

With his achievements in training and directing the U23 national team to perform excellently and won the Gold Medal at the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had Certificate of Merit head coach Park Hang-seo and Assistant Lee Yong Jin – who have been with coach Park Hang-seo since the first days of working in Vietnam and together with the members of the coaching staff have made important contributions to the success of the team at tournaments at the regional and continental level. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also has a Certificate of Merit for Coach Park Hang-seo and Assistant Lee Joung Jin in order to recognize and praise the achievements of leading the Vietnam national team to reach many outstanding achievements at international sports tournaments during this period 2018-2023.

Previously, with resounding achievements with the national team & national U23, coach Park Hang-seo was honored to be awarded the Second-class Labor Medal for his contributions to helping Vietnam U22 team won the gold medal SEA Games 30 for the first time in history; Third-class Labor Medal for winning the runner-up position in the 2018 Asian U23 final round; Friendship Medal after winning the 2018 AFF Cup with the Vietnamese team. Most recently, he was awarded the medal for the Korean diplomatic career – Heungin. This is a noble award of the Korean Government to honor the contributions of Coach Park Hang-seo to the cause of promoting friendly relations and enhancing national strength between Korea and Vietnam.

VFF wishes Coach Park Hang-seo and his family good health and happiness as well as continuing to contribute the good friendship between the two countries Vietnam – Korea. VFF also believes that Coach Park Hang-seo will continue to make positive contributions to Vietnamese football through his work and football projects that he is cherishing to implement in the near future.

President Tran Quoc Tuan gave Coach Park Hang-seo a symbolic gift of Hanoi capital and emphasized that the Vietnam Football Federation will always welcome him, like a family member every time.

The President of VFF gave Assistant Lee Young Jin a gift of a Bronze Drum, with the meaning of thanking Mr. Lee Young Jin for his great contribution in working with Coach Park Hang-seo to inspire and arouse the fighting spirit of the players.

Leaders of the Vietnam Sports Adminstration gave flowers to congratulate Coach Park Hang-seo and Assistant Lee Young Jin for successfully completing their assigned tasks.