Vietnam on the Soccer Map – Follow ASIAD and Find places to Watch the Football

This year, 2018, marks the success of Vietnam’s Football team thanks to the presence of potential Vietnamese Messi players and the outstanding ‘wizard’ coach named Park Hang-Seo.

Early this year, Vietnam rocked throughout Asia, proving as the ‘Asian Tiger’ of Southeast Asia on the World Football map. In all the cities and towns of Vietnam, even in the areas known as the oases of calm, the chaos reached a fever pitch as Vietnam’s under-23 soccer team headed to the final of this year’s Asian Football Confederation Cup held in China. Although Uzbekistan won in an extra-time defeat there, all the Vietnamese people had already granted their national team members hero status. They all deserved so because of their first-time as the runners-up and their strong determination to beat the game. They are the heroes for their strength and resilience.

The AFC-U23 Championship went by, and then, another tournament comes by. The Asian Games, Asiad, held every four years among athletes from all over Asia, catches lots of attention from Vietnamese people, especially in the field of football. Vietnam national team made it to the semifinal on 29 August at 4:00 PM (Local time). This unexpected and promising event made by the national team has brought about a high demand for Indonesia tours, followed by a significant rise in prices – up to 10 times higher. However, going to the stadium to see it live is not the only option. Coffee shops, bars, beer clubs, and restaurants equipped with big-screen televisions will be all crowded with supporters clad in red with the national flag in hands and some flag stickers right on their faces. Thousands of Vietnamese create a symphony of motorbike horns and kitchen utensils to cheer the football players on all the streets – that is how they call “Go Storm” – “Đi bão”, which is a Vietnamese slang.

Some suggestions of the local places with awesome vibes for the football-watch:

Hanoi

1. Góc Khán Đài Football Coffee & Live Music – 85 Trích Sài, Tây Hồ, Hà Nội

2. Rio cafe Bar – 25 Ngõ Thái Hà, Láng Hạ, Quận Đống Đa, Hà Nội

3. Win Win Cafe – 94 đường Láng, Thịnh Quang, Đống Đa, Hà Nội

4. NOC Coffee – 210 Xã Đàn, Quận Đống Đa, Hà Nội

5. Cafe 56 Bóng Đá K+ – 56 Phạm Huy Thông, Quận Ba Đình, Hà Nội

6. Café Bắc Kỳ –  114D1, Đặng Văn Ngữ, Phường Trung Tự, Quận Đống Đa, Hà Nội

7. Swing Cafe & Restaurant – Tràng Tiền – Floor 2, 21 Tràng Tiền, Quận Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

Saigon

1. Quán Cafe sân vườn Miền Thùy Dương  – số 222/2 đường Bùi Đình Túy, phường 12, quận Bình Thạnh, TP. HCM

2. La Rose Coffee –  N2 Trường Sơn, P.15, Quận 10, TP. HCM

3. Mu Coffee – 001 CC Bàu Cát 2, Vườn Lan, P.10, Quận Tân Bình, TP. HCM

4. Full House –  32A Thạch Thị Thanh, P. Tân Định, Quận 1, TP. HCM

5. KASA Coffee – Đồng Nai, Quận 10 – 1 Đồng Nai, Phường 15, Quận 10, TP. HCM

6. Mimosa Coffee – 171A Hoàng Hoa Thám, Phường 13, Quận Tân Bình.