The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced on its official website on the 26th (Korean time), “VFF has agreed to terminate the contract with Coach Trussier of the Vietnam national football team as of March 26, 2024.”

Vietnam lost 0-3 in the 4th match of Group F of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup Asia region second qualifying round against Indonesia held at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 26th.

Vietnam, which established itself as a powerhouse in Southeast Asia after coach Park Hang-seo took office in 2017, has recently collapsed. Over the past five years with Coach Park, Vietnam has emerged as the strongest team in Southeast Asia, winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Asian Cup, and winning a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games.

However, Vietnam parted ways with coach Park Hang-seo and joined hands with coach Trussier as the new coach. Coach Trussier, who was active as the coach of the Japanese national soccer team, also served as the coach of the Vietnam age-group national team. He made poor choices. Vietnam ended the tournament with consecutive losses to Japan, Indonesia, and Iraq in the group stage of the 2023 Asian Cup.

Naturally, he was compared to coach Park Hang-seo, who reached the quarterfinals in the previous tournament. There continues to be speculation in the Vietnamese community that coach Park Hang-seo will return to Vietnam.

The rationale was simple. This is because coach Park Hang-seo watched the Vietnamese national team play. In fact, when the photo was released, Vietnam's 'Bongda' claimed that coach Park Hang-seo watched the match between Indonesia and Vietnam in person and recently hinted at a return to Vietnam on Facebook.

The media said, "Coach Park Hang-seo wrote on Facebook, 'I will wake up from winter sleep and take on a new challenge.' This seems to indicate that Coach Park Hang-seo has finally decided on his future course." Considering that coach Park Hang-seo watched the Vietnam-Indonesia game, “It is likely that he will return to the national team,” he emphasized.