Section 7

More details about the developing organisation in the North and the beginnings of North-South, intra and international football.

At the Hanoi stadium, Éclair met Lac Long again to compete for the championship title of the Jeanne D'Arc football tournament.

On the Hai Duong football field, Mr. Pham Thong, a significant figure in the East region of Tonkin, organised a tournament for the local clubs, limited to only four Hai Duong club: Junior, Phi Dinh, Aiglon and Fleche d'or.

On Sunday, 3 May 1931, a series of matches ended the season. In Hanoi, at Nha Dau Stadium, two consecutive matches under the title of Sunday Football Ba Mai 1931 covered extensively in Bac Ky the Sports newspaper (No. 26 on May 5, with a detailed report on pages 10 and 11).

Even though not as intense as the on field action, the off-field activity was meaningful.  Some teams opened congresses to elect new leaders and approve the player list for the following season. The spotlight focused on the Hong Bang Football Association, which held its annual general meeting in 1931 to prepare the program for the upcoming football season. After a day of arguing and debating, the Hong Bang Association finally had a new leadership team: President - Vu Dinh Tuong; Vice President - Pham Dinh Ky; Secretary - Vu Trong Hoan; Treasurer - Ha Duc Dinh; Captain - Trinh Phong. Similarly, the Jeunesse Tonkinoise Association also held an Annual General Meeting to strengthen and create new opportunities for the football team.

On Sunday, 17 May 1931, members of the Etincelle Sportive Hanoiennees Football Association, the former Le Dard Association, opened an annual meeting at Mr. Bui Dinh Thu's private house in Luong Yen village (now Thanh Luong ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi). Th ecommittee for the 1931 football season was: President - M. Bui Dinh Thu; Vice President - M. Nguyen Huu My; Treasurer - M. Nguyen Vinh Tac; 

Secretaries - M. Nguyen Van Sung, Nguyen Van Tinh, Le Van Tai.

In Thanh Hoa, Cadastre Sport defeated Ecole Sport 1-0.

Even in the remote mountainous region of Lai Chau, the sporting spirit preavailed. The community asked the government to inaugurate a Board of Directors for sports and also to approvethe establishment of Tay Bac football club.

In October 1932, after accepting the invitation from the Southern Association of Football Clubs, the Thanh Nien Bac Ky Football Team, based in Hai Phong, toured the Southern region all month long and had three decent matches on the major stadiums around Saigon.

Responding to the longings of football fans outside North Vietnam, on 11 February 1934, the Victoria Vo Dich Nam ky Football Team visited Hanoi. Having just arrived in Hanoi after arranging food and accommodation, the Victoria football players had their first match in the afternoon of the same day at the Eclair Football Association stadium (Chop Nhoang, Nha Dau Stadium, Wood Factory area at 42 Chuong Duong, Chuong Duong district, Hoan Kiem district today).  Vo Dich Nam ky prepared to face the Northern Championship winner, Eclair owned by Mr. Tran Van Quy and headquartered at 27 Rue Rondony street (now Hang Thung street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi). Although the professional training session of the Southern team was not widely announced, word of mouth assured it was attended by those who love to admire the famous Southern football players as well as their style of play. A full grandstand looked down at the soccer field and admired the skillful ball passages and tackles of Saigon's players.

Preparing for the match to welcome the talented men from the South, Éclair and Stade Hanoien included stars players from Hanoi and the North: Louis, Tam A, Nghiem, Tam B, Duc, Nhuan, Trung, Ty, Vien, Bièng, Thai, Quy, Nhan, Soni, Kinh, Tri Ke, Duc, Gip, Ba, Luu and Thai.

In 1936, on the occasion of the inauguration of the rolling road through Bong Duong, the French government in the area of ​​Dong Duong organised the first Indochina Football Championship. The representative clubs were: Can Tho (Southern region), Hoa Xa Khanh Hoa (Central region), Sud Indofer (Cambodia) and Cotonkin Nam Dinh (Bac Ky). Contonkin won the first Indochina Football Championship, and the people of Nam Dinh joyfully held a celebration party. The competition was organized into a large traditional sports tournament every year after then, with five representative teams: three regions of Vietnam, along with Laos and Cambodia.