South Vietnam V-League

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The South Vietnam V-League was the top level of football in South Vietnam. It was founded in 1966.

South Vietnam country in southeast Asia

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War. It received international recognition in 1949 as the "State of Vietnam", which was a constitutional monarchy (1949–1955). This became the "Republic of Vietnam" in 1955. Its capital was Saigon. South Vietnam was bordered by North Vietnam to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast.

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Hồ Chí Minh City F.C. association football club

Hồ Chí Minh City Football Club or Saigon Port is a professional football club, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The team play in the V.League 1, the highest level of Vietnamese football in the 2017 season after winning the Vietnam's second tier league in the 2016 season in the V.League 2. The club was formerly known as TP Hồ Chí Minh Football Club.

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