Vietnam enters final of Japan-ASEAN youth football eventVietnam’s U16 team defeated Thailand 5-4 in a penalty shootout on March 11 to reach the final of the Japan-ASEAN friendly football tournament 2018 held in Japan. Vietnam will meet Indonesia, who beat Japan 1-0 the same day, in the final on March 12. Vietnam won Group D after beating Laos 2-1 and drawing with Miyazaki 0-0. Among the 18 members of the Vietnam U16 team, there are some of the outstanding players of the U15 squad, who won the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U15 Championship last year. The event is a warm-up for the Vietnamese players ahead of their 2018 AFC Championship campaign, slated for late September in Malaysia.-VNA
