PVF Football Academy
football academy in Vietnam
The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent Football Academy (PVF), officially operating as the PVF Youth Football Training Center - Ministry of Public Security (Vietnamese: Trung tâm Đào tạo Bóng đá trẻ PVF - Bộ Công An), is a privately established football academy based in Hưng Yên. The institution is now under the formal administration of the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security. PVF currently play in Vietnamese Football League Second Division, the third tier of the Vietnamese football league system.
By 2020, PVF has been recognized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a three-star academy under the AFC Elite Youth Scheme, becoming the first football academy in Southeast Asia to enjoy the status.
History
The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF, Vietnamese: Quỹ Đầu tư và Phát triển Tài năng Bóng đá Việt Nam) was founded and contributed capital by 03 members of Vingroup Group: Thien Tam Fund (80% contribution); PVF Investment and Trading, JSC (10%) and Vinpearl One Member Limited Company (10%). The foundation was founded on the idea of the late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet with the aim of forming a system of training young professional soccer players of international standards, contributing to building young generations of young players. the talent and ethics, culture for the country football.
On December 4, 2008, PVF officially launched and June 12, 2009 opened the first course with 50 students selected from all over the country at the age of birth in 1997–1998. Since its founding, PVF's teams have made great achievements in the national youth football tournaments. By the beginning of 2016, PVF has made seven enrollments nationwide and has 175 students from 11 to 18 years of age in eight gifted classes.
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