Vietnam national team's friendly match schedule in October 2023

According to plan, the Vietnamese team will gather from October 2 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center to prepare for friendly matches in October 2023.

However, in the first days of training, the team will have many gaps in force because the group of players from Hanoi Police Club, Thanh Hoa, Hanoi FC and Hai Phong Club are all busy with domestic and international tournament schedules.

Therefore, in the first days of training, Coach Philippe Troussier also had a plan to call up 5 young U20-U23 players to practice with the national team, including defender Dang Tuan Phong (Viettel), Nguyen Duc Anh (Hanoi), Tran Nam Hai (SLNA) and the duo of players from Ba Ria Vung Tau Club, midfielder Nguyen Thai Quoc Cuong and defender Nguyen Quang Huy.

Creating opportunities for young players to train with the national team is also part of the plan to prepare the national U23 team for the final round of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship.

According to the schedule on October 8, the Vietnamese team will leave for China to play two international friendly matches during the FIFA Days in October, meeting the Chinese team on October 10 and the Uzbekistan team on October 13.

After finishing their competition in China, the team will travel to Korea to play the final friendly match during the October FIFA Days, against the Korean team on October 17.

The three quality matches during the FIFA Days in October 2023 mentioned above are also the final preparation step of the Vietnamese team before officially joining the race in the second qualifying round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Asia, starting from next November.