Any players involved in match-fixing will be banned from all football activities for life, said Chairman Le Hung Dung of VFF, Vietnam’s football governing body, during an August 19 conference reviewing the 2013-2014 season.
He also praised some V-League club managers for their tough stance against their players’ misbehaviour and affirmed that the VFF will support football clubs in tackling this issue.
In the upcoming season, VFF plans to invite police officers from the Ministry of Public Security to join a committee that will oversee the football matches and players’ conduct, added Dung.
Officials stated that in order to make Vietnamese football healthier, match-fixing needs to be prevented from the club-level, this will require club managers to tighten supervision over their players.
Last month, several players of Dong Nai were arrested for allegedly fixing a match in the V-League and gambling.
Earlier in April, Ninh Binh club managers decided to withdraw their team from the V-League after they found out that some of their players were involved in match-rigging at the AFC Cup.
