[2] In 2007, V.League 1 club Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) succeeded in signing an agreement with the English football club Arsenal and the French JMG Academy, founding the HAGL Academy – Arsenal JMG in Pleiku.

The causes of low success rate of Vietnam's football team were caused by the lack of systematic training, which lead HAGL owner Đoàn Nguyên Đức to open the academy in order to improve Vietnamese football talents.

[3] Following JMG's curriculum, young players were trained from an early age to develop their ball controlling skills and to adopt a modern playing style.

Coached by French manager Guillaume Graechen, the first generation of the HAGL Academy quickly enjoyed early success in 2013, as their players attracted media attention with good performances at youth tournaments.

This is due to JMG's curriculum not focusing on improving body shape and physical strength, while that is still a weakness of Vietnamese players.