Vietnamese football fans lead Southeast Asia in supporting national team abroad: website

Vietnamese football fans lead Southeast Asia in following their national team abroad, with an estimated rate of 85 percent, according to Malaysia-based football website ASEAN Football.

Vietnamese fans follow the national football team to support them abroad. Photo: Anh Khoa / Tuoi Tre

In a post on Thursday, ASEAN Football ranked Vietnam first in its list of estimated rates of fans traveling abroad to support their national football teams.

Thailand ranked second at 80 percent, followed by Malaysia at 78 percent, Cambodia at 75 percent, and Brunei at 72 percent.

ASEAN Football said the figures were estimates generated by artificial intelligence (AI) based on social media posts from football fan communities to provide an overall assessment.

The website did not disclose its calculation method but said it had excluded citizens living and working overseas from the statistics.