The Vietnam national football team is the national football team representing Vietnam in international football competitions and is managed by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).<\/P>
During the late 1950s, known by the name South Vietnam national football team it was one of the four teams in Asia to advance into the final round of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, 1960 AFC Asian Cup, finishing 4th both times. The team also won 10th Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia, 1966. While Vietnam was split into North and South Vietnam, two national teams existed and both were controlled by similar Vietnam Football Associations. After the two countries unified in 1976 the Vietnam Football Associations was renamed to VFF. FIFA considers Vietnam as the successor of South Vietnam team, despite the communist government of Vietnam continues to reject South Vietnam's historical legitimacy.<\/P>","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","6BCA2519085BAC06":"
First international<\/STRONG> Biggest win<\/STRONG> Biggest defeat
Philippines 2–2 Vietnam (Manila, Philippines; 26 November 1991)<\/P>
Vietnam 11–0 Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 23 January 2000)<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Zimbabwe 6–0 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 26 February 1997)
Oman 6–0 Vietnam (Incheon, South Korea; 29 February 2003)<\/P>","7FB3F46040506B81":"Vietnam","63AFECC3B4146719A7C304785A3E3995":"","A667671DDBFFBFB2FA72AB297542675213E7B0BF26878540":"1","A667671DDBFFBFB212A5D1335EAC16DE":"0","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"941","5D60482112F81397E864AECB05D29C32":"","3A5BA2FF10D30F08":"http:\/\/www.vff.org.vn","FEE968D9DBFC6146299A2FFCF2C397DB":"Vietnam","736ECA69114CA0121CDC75D8A7FDA057F4F7013DE66F87F8":"1962","577B068F2C47D74D":"","58839C5489CF8F47":"","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Vietnam","B5EB80A22A57B91E":"ldbd@hn.vnn.vn","6C2FDBC58B5FC31747574B8DEC532270":"18 Ly van Phuc, Dong Da District ,HANOI - 844","6267E3B72302FBDE":"HANOI","CB6C8C34A68D7715A055D664FDADB411":"215","2B86CD8155EF4869BD305F9EC6E55A2D":"","e_index":5};