Members of Vietnam's national team (in red) vie for the ball during a match (Photo: thethao247.vn)
Hanoi (VNA)– Vietnam will play a friendly match with Jordan on May 31 to prepare for the 2022FIFA World Cup qualifiers in theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE).
Member of the nationalmen’s football team will leave for the UAE on May 26 and test for COVID-19 twodays earlier.
Before its departure,the squad is set to convene a training session in Quy Nhon city of the southcentral province of Binh Dinh in a bid to climatise with warmer weatherconditions.
It will also join afriendly match with newly-promoted Topenland Binh Dinh of the 2021 LS V.League1.
All 45 players in theteam received their first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on April 19-20 and will gettheir second shot in mid-May.
In upcoming matches inGroup G of the World Cup qualifiers, Vietnam will take on Indonesia on June 7and Malaysia four days later, and then wrap up the qualifying round with a gameagainst hosts UAE on June 15.
Vietnam currently topsthe group with 11 points, followed by Malaysia with nine and Thailand witheight. The UAE has six points, while Indonesia is yet to pick up any./.
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Members of Vietnam's national team (in red) vie for the ball during a match (Photo: thethao247.vn) 
