Rugby union in Vietnam is a minor but growing sport, with the national team managed by Yale graduate Thao Do.
After independence there was a long hiatus, as financial and political forces, from famine to the Vietnam War meant it was impossible for the game to be played.
The Indochinese Cup was established in 1999, as a four sided tourname between Vietnamese teams from Saïgon and Hanoi, Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
A number of people who could qualify for Vietnam's national team play in France.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This rugby union article is a stub.