At noon on January 6, all members of the Vietnamese national football team escorted the ASEAN Cup 2024 trophy to Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok, Thailand to return home, getting ready for a meeting with home fans.
At Suvarnabhumi airport, fans were touched upon witnessing the severe injury of the 28-year-old striker Xuan Son as he was moved on a stretcher by the medical staff of the Vietnam national team.
All fans repeatedly shouted out the name of Xuan Son, expressed gratitude and wished him a speedy recovery to return to the Vietnam national team and his football club, Nam Dinh.
According to the plan, flight VN610 carrying coach Kim Sang-sik and his students departed from Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand at 12:20 p.m. and landed at Noi Bai Airport in the capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam two hours later.