Hanoi (VNA) - The Promotion Fund for Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) FootballAcademy signed a comprehensive partnership development agreement with FKSarajevo Club of Bosnia & Herzegovina on October 28.
Under the terms ofthe deal, the Vingroup-owned PVF Football Academy and FK Sarajevo will cooperateon speciality and technique. FK Sarajevo will bring Vietnamese players to trainand compete in Bosnia & Herzegovina and vice versa.
It is a three-yeardeal (2019-2022) and can be extended with the agreement of both sides.
PVF General Director PhanThu Huong said with the aim of training and improving skills of Vietnamesefootballers, FK Sarajevo will become a stage to bring Vietnamese footballers toEurope. Sarajevo also supplies quality foreign players for domestic teams. ThePVF and Sarajevo will together share knowledge, experience in training anddeveloping footballers, with the aim of Vietnamese football reachingthe final round of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Meanwhile, Chairmanof FK Sarajevo Senad Jahic said that Vietnamese football has made quickprogress in regional and world events. PVF has had many players contributing tothe achievements of national teams, such as entering the final roundof the FIFA World Cup U20 2017, first runners-up at the AFC U23 Championship 2018,winner of AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 and one of best four teams of ASIAD 2018.
He believed that cooperationwill be a chance to develop football in both countries as well as improve theimage of Vietnam and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
During the visit andworking in Vietnam, U19 players of FK Sarajevo will take part in theInternational U21 Football Tournament to be held in the central city of Da Nangfrom October 30 to November 5.
Earlier, Vingroup andthe Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) signed a cooperation agreement to trainand prepare for international tournaments during 2019-2024, towards the targetof entering the final round of the Olympics 2024 and World Cup 2026./.