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Ryan Giggs to become director of Vietnamese football academy
  • | dtinews.vn | November 14, 2017 02:56 PM
Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs will be appointed director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC (PVF) youth academy.


Ryan Giggs will be appointed director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC youth academy on November 20


The 43-year-old football star is coming to Vietnam on November 19 to accept the role when PVF opens its new youth academy in the northern province of Hung Yen on November 20. He will be responsible for the training of football players and coaches and help build PVF into a leading football academy in Vietnam and South East Asia.

Ryan Giggs will be joined by former team-mate Paul Scholes who will also participate in the training for young football players at the academy.

On the opening day of the academy, PVF will organise four friendly matches between U15 teams from England's Stoke City, Australia's Central Coast Mariners, South Korea's Busan I’park and Vietnam's PVF.

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