V-League side Hai Phong Centre has offered central defender Nguyen Minh Duc VND2.5 billion (US$130,000) annually for the next two years if he extends his contract.
The national team member, who has played for Hai Phong since 2008, has yet to accept the offer.
Hai Phong also have been negotiating with Brazilian maestro Leandro De Oliveira to extend his contract by a year.
Sports photographer dies
Viet Nam's oldest sports photographer, Phan Sang, died in Ha Noi on Thursday from pneumonia.
Sang, 80, has captured some of the most valuable moments in Vietnamese sport since his career started in the 1960s.
They are now on display at the Viet Nam Olympic Museum in My Dinh Sports Complex in Ha Noi.
U-16s prepare for football tourney
The national team has begun training for the Southeast Asia Under-16 football championship held in Indonesia next month.
Head coach Hoang Van Phuc has called up many fresh faces for the September 18-26 tournament where the team will play against China, Timor Leste and hosts Indonesia in a round-robin format.
The two top teams will progress into the final while the other two will play-off for the third place.
The team will train and play some friendlies at the Viet Nam Youth Football Training Centre in Ha Noi before flying to Indonesia on September 16.
Prominent in the team are strikers Do Van Ba of SHB Da Nang and Vo Ngoc Toan of Song Lam Nghe An, leading scorers at the U17 football championship last July.
The squad also includes skillful midfielder Ma Van Tuan and powerful striker Ho Ngoc Thang, both of Da Nang.
The tournament is seen as an opportunity for Viet Nam and fellow qualifiers to make final preparations for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 finals, at Tashkent, Uzbekistan from October 24 to November 11. — VNS
