He recently ended his contract early with South Korean club Incheon United, where he was on loan from Vietnamese club Hoang Anh Gia Lai. He played eight games in four months without scoring once.

A screen shot shows Nguyen Cong Phuong playing in Incheon United jersey.

Phuong has been a key player for the national team in major tournaments, including the 2018 Asian Games, in which they finished fourth, and the ASEAN Football Federation Championship 2018, which they won.

Sint-Truiden Club, founded in 1924, were bought by Japanese company DMM.com in 2017. In 2018-19 Sint-Truiden recruited five Japanese players: Takehiro Tomiyasu, Wataru Endo, Takahiro Sekine Kosuke Kinoshita, Daichi Kamada, and goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt.

They now play in the topflight Jupiler Pro League. Last season, they finished seventh in the 16-team league with 47 points from 30 games. They missed two points to enter the top 6 teams for the play-off round of the championship.

Opportunities open for Vietnamese players at K League

Vietnamese players are being offered a better chance to compete in the K League as the Korean professional football league announced on April 18 that it will increase its quota for players from Southeast Asia starting next year.

Vietnamese chess players vie for berths in world championships

The Vietnam Chess Federation has sent a team of prominent players to compete in the ongoing Zone 3.3 qualification tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the goal of winning places at the 2019 Chess World Cup (for men) and the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship.

Vietnamese chess players still unbeaten at Sharjah Masters

Vietnamese players Nguyen Anh Khoi and Le Quang Liem remained unbeaten at the ongoing Sharjah Masters international chess tournament in the United Arab Emirates on March 27.

Vietnamese player wins badminton tournament in New Zealand

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured the overall victory at the Yonex North Harbour International Tournament, which ended in New Zealand on March 24.

Vietnamese players go through at Waikato International

Vietnamese players advanced to the third round of the YONEX Waikato International badminton tournament in Hamilton, New Zealand, on March 28.

Source: VnExpress