VietNamNet Bridge - Though tickets for the upcoming ASEAN Football Cup 2010 (AFF Cup) did not sell very well the first day, the tickets were being sold for VND 10,000—20,000 more than their face prices.

National football squad confined to hotel rooms before AFF Cup  

A ticket agent at the Hang Day stadium.

The prices for tickets for the games between Vietnam and Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines are set at VND 80,000, VND 120,000, VND 150,000, and VND 180,000.

The prices for tickets for the matches between Vietnam and Singapore are VND 50,000, VND 80,000, VND 120,000 and VND 150,000.

Tickets are delivered three ways: by ticket agents at Hanoi’s My Dinh and Hang Day stadiums (40 percent), on the Internet and paging service (8742) (25 percent), and by registering with the Vietnam Football Federation (for groups only) (35 percent).

Tickets started selling on November 29 at My Dinh and Hang Day stadiums.

On the first day, few fans went to the two stadiums to buy tickets, but many ticket traders appeared at ticket stalls to collect tickets for good seats to resell later at a profit.

In the afternoon of November 29, the prices were pushed up. Tickets with a face value of VND 150,000 were sold at VND 170,000—180,000 per ticket. Those of lower face values were also sold at a price higher by VND 10,000-20,000.

The Vietnam Football Development JS Company, the ticket distributor, said that it would investigate and deal with this situation.

PV