The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Park Hang Seo will be new head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced on September 29.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Park Hang Seo will be new head coach of Vietnam’snational football team, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced onSeptember 29.
The 58-year-old coach Park will also take charge of the U23 team.
VFF representatives negotiated with Park in the RoK onSeptember 29 and the two sides agreed a contract which will be officiallysigned next month.
Park was an assistant of the RoK’s national team in WorldCup in 1994 and 2002. As the top assistant to coach Guus Hiddink, Park played arole in the RoK’s fourth place finish in the 2002 tournament, the best an Asianside has ever performed in the competition.
After that, Park coached his country’s U23 team to a bronzemedal at the Asian Games in Busan, the RoK, in 2002. He has also managedprofessional teams such as Gyeongnam FC, Chunnam Dragons, Sangju Sangmu Phoenixand Changwon FC.-VNA
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Coach Park Hang Seo. (Photo: vff.org.vn) 
