The Hanoi Prez eyes off next weekend's Inaugural Vietnam-Australia Friendship Cup.

The Hanoi President, Dan Hopkins, calls out to the boys in Hanoi for next weekend’s clash against teh Southern Dragons in Saigon.

Dear all.

Hope you are all enjoying the festive season.

Next week on the 7th of January 2012,  the Inaugural Vietnam-Australia Friendship Match will be played in Saigon between the Vietnam Swans and the Melbourne-based, Southern Dragons. This will be a great way to start of the 2012 season.

For the football match, it’s undoubtedly a hard time to travel (as many of the Swannies are still out of the country on Christmas holidays). However, if you are in Vietnam, get to Saigon on the 7th and have a kick.

I will be traveling down on the 6th and back on the 8th January with VietJet (new budget airline). The big man mountain Italian, Edo, after getting his passport back by bribing Italian Prime Minister, Mr Berlusconi, with young women, has just confirmed he will be there. There has been whispers that our esteemed coach, Ado, back from a blood diamond run in South Africa, might also be a chance to be in Saigon.

So if you are keen please let me know on my new email address, danielhopkins.vietnamswans@gmail.com and hopefully we can get a bit of a squad down from Hanoi.

Meanwhile, in Melbourne, the Swannies have just attended the Boxing Day Test Match, the Ryan Jeffery Golf Classic and the Inaugural Swannies’ Celebration Soiree. Check this website for details of the wrap up..