HCM CITY (VNS)—Football player Nguyen Hong Son has been chosen to participate in the "Football Dream 2013" programme final selection stage at the Football Academy Aspire in Qatar after he emerged as the best player after three-day selection process.

At Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City, Son, 13, defeated 29 other contestants in a series of tests on physical strength, speed, tactical thinking, team work, individual skills and opposing competitions.

He will arrive in Qatar in the early 2014 to begin a one-month training period before competing against players from all over the world for a three-year scholarship at the academy.

The only other player to have won a three-year scholarship is Da Nang-born Nguyen Thai Sung. — VNS