The acting head coach of Vietnam U22 receives great news from AFC

Coach Đinh Hồng Vinh and many other well-known coaches have finished the training and earned the AFC Pro coaching certificate.

This afternoon (December 24) in Hanoi, The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) held the closing ceremony of the Pro/AFC/VFF 2024/25 professional football coaching course – the highest level coaching program within the AFC and VFF training system.

The Pro/AFC/VFF 2024/25 professional football coaching course included 18 participants who are coaches currently working in the V-League, National First Division, and national teams, featuring familiar faces such as:

Vũ Hồng Việt, Nguyễn Việt Thắng, Phạm Thành Lương, Đinh Hồng Vinh, Bùi Đoàn Quang Huy, Văn Sỹ Sơn, Nguyễn Thành Công, Phạm Minh Đức, Phan Như Thuật, Lê Phước Tứ, Thạch Bảo Khanh, Huỳnh Quốc Anh, Trần Trọng Bình, Nguyễn Văn Đàn, Trần Tiến Đại, Đặng Văn Thành, Mauro Alexandre Tavares Jeronimo, and notably female coach Nguyễn Thị Mai Lan – a former national player currently leading the U14 women's national team on a long-term training program at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center.

Notably, coach Đinh Hồng Vinh, who has contributed significantly to the successes of Vietnam’s U22/U23 teams in 2025. Throughout 2024 and 2025, he was trusted to serve as acting head coach of Vietnam U22 when coach Kim Sang Sik was busy leading the senior national team.

During friendly training tournaments in the UAE and South Korea, Vietnam U22 under coach Đinh Hồng Vinh’s leadership delivered quite impressive performances. Unfortunately, when Vietnam U22 participated in the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship and the 33rd SEA Games, coach Đinh Hồng Vinh was unable to join coach Kim Sang Sik on the sidelines due to his commitment to completing the AFC Pro coaching course.

The training course was conducted in four phases: phase 1 from July 17 to July 30, 2024 in Hanoi; phase 2 from July 1 to July 21, 2025 in Japan; phase 3 from August to December 2025 at the clubs or centers where the coaches are currently employed; and phase 4 from December 14 to December 24, 2025 in Hanoi.