The Vietnamese Football League Second Division (), also known as Vietnamese Second Divistion () is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.
History A national third tier of Vietnamese association football was first established along with its professionalization in 1995. Among the 10 original clubs of the third tier included the forerunners to Thanh Hóa, Cần Thơ, Đồng Nai, Cà Mau and Lâm Đồng. But after a number of clubs were lost for various reasons – some were promoted to V.League and the others folded – the league contracted the second division in 1997 and continued with the single second-tier division.
The third-tier football was reintroduced in 2000 upon creation of fully professional V.League 2. But despite its officially amateur status the league quickly became de facto semi-professional, serving as the cradle of the future V. League members. Since the establishment of associate membership system in 2006 the number of professional clubs holding or actively seeking for this status has grown steadily and reached its peak in 2010 season when 6 full members and 2 former candidates made up to almost half of the league's 18 teams. Through the course of the season this number grew even bigger, to 15 full associate members that formed the core of V.League 3.
Current season
14 teams compete in the 2026 season, split into two groups.
Group A Team Location Stadium Capacity Cong An Hanoi B Hà Nội Thanh Trì Stadium Hanoi FC B Ha Tinh Hà Tĩnh Hà Tĩnh Stadium Hue FC Huế Tự Do Stadium Phu Dong Bắc Ninh Từ Sơn Stadium PVF Hưng Yên PVF Stadium SHB Da Nang B Đà Nẵng Tam Kỳ Stadium
Group B Team Location Stadium Capacity Dak Lak FC Đắk Lắk Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium Lam Dong FC Lâm Đồng Đà Lạt Stadium Mekong Can Tho Cần Thơ Cần Thơ Stadium Quang Ngai FC Quảng Ngãi Quảng Ngãi Stadium Tay Ninh FC Tây Ninh Tây Ninh Province Sports Training and Competition Center Truong Giang-Gia Dinh Hồ Chí Minh City Tân Hiệp Stadium Vinh Long FC Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long Stadium
Winners SeasonWinnersRunners-up2000 Hải Quan Bình Định2001 Thanh Hóa Cần Thơ2002 Bưu ĐiệnĐắk Lắk An GiangQuân Khu 52003Quảng Nam Khải Hoàn Hotel2004Khánh Hòa Strata Đồng Nai2005Quân Khu 5 Tây Ninh2006Thành Nghĩa Dung Quất Quảng Ngãi Than Quảng Ninh2007Quân Khu 7 T&T Hà Nội2008Quảng Nam Hải An Sài Gòn United2009TDC Bình Dương Viettel2010Nguyễn Hoàng Kiên GiangHòa Phát V&V 2011SHB Đà Nẵng B Lâm Đồng2012Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Khatoco Khánh Hòa B2013Huế Sanna Khánh HòaTây Ninh Đắk LắkHồ Chí Minh City2014Bình PhướcCông An Nhân DânNam ĐịnhPhú Yên Kon TumTiền GiangVĩnh LongLong An B2015Fico Cement Tây NinhViettel Cà Mau2016PVF Bình Định2017Công An Nhân DânBình Định Hà Nội B2018An GiangPhù Đổng Phố Hiến2019Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Hà Nội B2020 Phù ĐổngPhú ThọGia Định 2021Season cancelled2022 Bình ThuậnHoà Bình Hải Nam Vĩnh YênĐồng Nai2023 Đồng NaiĐồng Tháp Đắk LắkSHB Đà Nẵng B2024 Định Hướng Phú NhuậnHồ Chí Minh City Youth Kon TumBắc Ninh2025 Quảng NinhVăn Hiến University Bắc NinhGia Định2026 Hà Nội BHuế Lâm Đồng
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