Top 10 Stadiums in Vietnam
Football is the most popular sport in Vietnam, and the country's national team has risen sharply in Southeast Asian football over the past decade, winning the AFF Championship and reaching the latter stages of Asian qualifying tournaments. The stadium network centres on the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, with a network of V.League grounds spread from the capital to Ho Chi Minh City and the central coast. Every stadium below is on the map.
1. My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Capacity: around 40,192. The national stadium of Vietnam, in the My Dinh district of Hanoi, opened in 2003 for the Southeast Asian Games. It is the principal home of the Vietnam national team and the centre of the country's football, hosting AFF Championship matches and Asian qualifiers. The ground has been the stage for Vietnam's recent run of success in regional and continental competition.
2. Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh
Capacity: around 30,000. Home to Nam Dinh FC in the Red River Delta, one of Vietnam's most passionately supported clubs. The ground is renowned for its atmosphere, with Nam Dinh's supporters among the most fervent in the V.League, and it regularly records strong attendances for a provincial club.
3. Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi
Capacity: around 22,500. A historic central Hanoi ground, long used by the capital's clubs and for national fixtures before My Dinh. It retains a place in Vietnamese football history and continues to host V.League matches and other events in the heart of the capital.
4. Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
Capacity: around 15,000 (often cited up to 25,000). The principal football ground of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city, used by the city's clubs in the V.League. "Thong Nhat" means "reunification", and the ground is a central venue in the southern football scene.
5. Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong
Capacity: around 30,000. Home to Hai Phong FC in the major northern port city. Hai Phong's support is among the most intense in Vietnam, and Lach Tray is one of the louder grounds in the V.League, reflecting the city's strong football culture.
6. Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong
Capacity: around 18,250. Home to Becamex Binh Duong, one of the most successful clubs of the modern V.League era, in the industrial province north of Ho Chi Minh City. The ground has hosted AFC Champions League fixtures during the club's strong periods.
7. Pleiku Stadium, Gia Lai
Capacity: around 12,000. Home to Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the central highlands. The club, associated with a famous youth academy that produced many national team players, has a distinctive identity, and the highland ground is one of the more atmospheric in the league.
8. Vinh Stadium, Nghe An
Capacity: around 18,000. Home to Song Lam Nghe An in the central city of Vinh. Nghe An province has a strong footballing tradition and has produced many Vietnamese internationals, and the ground anchors football in the north-central region.
9. Cam Pha Stadium, Quang Ninh
Capacity: around 16,000. A ground in the coastal Quang Ninh province in the north-east, used by clubs from the mining and coastal region near Ha Long Bay. It extends V.League football to Vietnam's north-eastern coast.
10. Tam Ky Stadium, Quang Nam
Capacity: around 15,000. Home to Quang Nam FC in the central coastal region near Da Nang. The ground represents football in central Vietnam, between the northern and southern hubs.
Vietnam's footballing rise
Vietnamese football has experienced a marked rise, particularly under coach Park Hang-seo, the South Korean who led the national team to the AFF Championship title in 2018 and to the final of the AFC U-23 Championship. The success drew huge crowds to My Dinh and sparked national celebrations, cementing football's place as the dominant sport and raising the profile of the V.League and its grounds.
The V.League and club football
The V.League 1 is the top tier of Vietnamese club football, contested by clubs from across the country, many backed by major corporations. Clubs such as Hanoi FC, Becamex Binh Duong, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hai Phong have been among the strongest, and the league has grown in profile alongside the national team's success. The grounds reflect the spread of the game from the Red River Delta to the central coast and the south.
Visiting Vietnamese grounds
The main stadiums cluster around Hanoi in the north — My Dinh, Hang Day, and nearby provincial grounds — and Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong in the south, with the central coast venues of Vinh, Pleiku and Da Nang between them. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are served by major international airports and connected by domestic flights and the north-south rail line. The map shows the full distribution from the northern delta to the southern metropolis.