Coach Hoang Van Phuc has selected 26 players for the national football team's gathering on Monday in Ha Noi in preparation for their match with Hong Kong in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifying round.

Overseas Vietnamese players Mac Hong Quan and Michal Nguyen are among the squad.

Goalkeeper Thanh Binh and centre backs Quoc Anh and Nguyen Sa of SHB Da Nang will join the team later after fulfilling their club duties in the AFC Cup against Maziya Sports today.

The team will leave for Hong Kong on March 20 where they will meet the hosts two days later.

In their first match of the Asian Cup qualifiers last month, Viet Nam lost to the United Arab Emirates 2-1. — VNS