Viet Nam's national men football team moves up two places to the 97th position in the FIFA Men's Rankings (Source: FIFA)

The squad also returns to the top 15 strongest teams in Asia, thanks to consecutive victories against Malaysia and Indonesia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers this month. Vietnam beat Malaysia 1-0 and Indonesia 3-1 to sit at 2nd place in Group G in the second round of the Asian Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.