Former renowned footballer Le Huynh Duc will be the head coach of the Toyota Junior Football Clinic & Camp 2018 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Young footballtalents in Vietnam will have a chance to pursue their dream when the ToyotaJunior Football Clinic & Camp 2018 returns this June.
The initial selection round will be held inHanoi, central Da Nang city, Pleiku city of the Central Highlands province ofGia Lai and Ho Chi Minh City from June 10 to July 1.
Thirty selected children will take part in atraining programme at Ton Duc Thang University in HCM City from July 10 to 16.After this course, the 18 best players will compete at the Toyota InternationalJunior Cup slated for September 13 – 20 in Japan.
Former renowned footballers Le Huynh Duc andPhan Thanh Binh will be the head and deputy head coaches of the camp.
At a press conference in HCM City on May 22,Deputy Director General of Toyota Motor Vietnam Do Thu Hoang said the camp,first held in 2015, aims to seek and train football talents aged between nineand 12.
Over the last three years, the camp hasattracted more than 8,000 children from nationwide to take part in initialselection rounds. Three training camps in HCM City coached 90 football talents,54 of whom were chosen for football tours in Japan.
In 2017, the Vietnamese team won the silverprize at the Toyota International Junior Cup in Japan.
After these camps, many of the children havecontinued to pursue professional football careers, Hoang noted.-VNA
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Former renowned footballer Le Huynh Duc will be the head coach of the Toyota Junior Football Clinic & Camp 2018 (Photo: VNA) 
