At 74, Mai Đức Chung is the oldest national coach still active and the only national hero currently in charge of a football team anywhere in the world.
Coach Mai Đức Chung has received a Hero of Labour title – the highest honour in Việt Nam – for his outstanding achievements and contributions in national football and in sport overall.
Mai Duc Chung will return to manage the national women''s football team
after the Viet Nam Football Federation decided not to extend their
contract with Japanese coach Norimatsu Takashi.
Viet Nam were unable to cause an upset against Japan yesterday, losing
3-0 to the defending champions who proved too much for the Vietnamese
youngsters to handle.
Viet Nam will have to scale a huge mountain in its
semi-final match in the women''s football competition at the Asian Games
(ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea today.
New coach Mai Duc Chung plans to rejuvenate the national women''s
football squad that will compete at the coming Asian Games (ASIAD) in
South Korea this September.
The national U19 team would play two friendlies
during their upcoming 10-day training camp at the Aspire Institute in
Qatar, coach Mai Duc Chung has announced.
