In November, Vietnam played two World Cup 2022 qualifiers, winning 1-0 against the UAE and holding Thailand to a goalless draw.

Vietnamese footballers (in red) in the World Cup 2022 qualifier with Thailand in Hanoi on November 19.

Since the UAE has a higher ranking, the defeat of this team earned Vietnam more points, raising its score from 1,245 to 1,258. As a result, the national men’s team of Vietnam go up from the 97th to the 94th position, making it the 14th strongest team in Asia and the best in Southeast Asia.

Meanwhile, Thailand drops four places to the 113th position in the list as it didn’t secure any wins in November when facing Malaysia and Vietnam. However, it still retains the No. 2 position in Southeast Asia.

Myanmar jumps 11 places to the 136th position, and Malaysia climbs four places to No. 154 this month.

In the rankings, Belgium remains the world’s top team, followed by France, Brazil, the UK and Uruguay.

Vietnamese universities named in Best Global Universities Rankings for first time

For the first time ever, two Vietnamese higher education institutions have been named in the 2020 Best Global Universities Rankings released recently by the US News & World Report.

National men’s football team jumps two places in FIFA rankings

The national men football team moved up two places to return to the 97th position in the latest FIFA Men's Rankings announced on October 24.

Three Vietnamese universities enter World rankings

The Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) make onto the list of world’s top 800-1000 while the VNU – Ho Chi Minh City is in the 1000+.

Three Vietnamese universities enter Times Higher Education rankings

Three universities of Vietnam have entered the World University Rankings 2000 of the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine for the first time.

Vietnam jumps four places in WEF tourism competitiveness ranking

Vietnam ranks 63rd among 140 countries and territories in the recently released Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019, jumping four places compared to the latest 2017 ranking

Source: VNA