English football giants Arsenal arrived in Ha Noi earlier this morning.—VNA/VNS Photo

HA NOI (VNS)—English football giants Arsenal arrived in Ha Noi earlier this morning with an 80 strong squad, including 24 players, and will stay for three days at Ha Noi's Intercontinental Hotel in Tay Ho District.

A fitness centre has been installed for the team to utilise during their stay, while some of the city's finest chefs have been assigned to work with the club's nutritional experts to prepare their meals.

During their three days, the players will take part in a number of activities, starting with a press briefing this afternoon at their hotel.

Tomorrow the team will meet and talk with some of the talented young players from Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal JMG, a football academy sponsored and run by Arsenal and the privately owned Vietnamese corporation Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

Next on their schedule is a visit to Tran Quoc Pagoda, Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for blind students and Hoan Kiem Lake. The players will warm up at an open door training session later in the afternoon, when fans can go to meet and chat with them.

The match between Arsenal and Viet Nam's national team will kick off at 7pm on Wednesday evening. It will also be broadcast live on VTV channels.

Roughly 2,000 security guards will be deployed during the teams stay in the capital city, focusing on Wednesday's match.

Before they arrived in Viet Nam, Arsenal played the first match of their Asia tour against Indonesia, where they won 7-0. – VNS