On July 27, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Long An province received an official dispatch from Long An Football Development Joint Stock Company on the handover of Long An Football Club.
Long An Football Development Joint Stock Company has managed Long An Club for 9 years and has also won many achievements, contributing to promoting the province's sports movement as well as promoting and introducing the image of Long An. to a large number of football fans nationwide.
However, in recent years, raising sponsorship for the team has encountered many difficulties. To maintain the team participating in the First Division, the company must spend about 25 billion VND per year. Meanwhile, the amount of sponsorship mobilization only reached 5 to 7 billion VND. This difference leads to financial imbalance, affecting the lives of team members.
Therefore, Long An Football Development Joint Stock Company requested the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to approve the company's return of the football team to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. calendar from August 1.
However, in order to have time to work with relevant units, departments and branches as well as advise the Provincial People's Committee on relevant regimes, policies and financial mechanisms before accepting the team again, The Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also proposed to postpone the handover date to September 1.
