In the early minutes of the match, the referee gave Vietnam a penalty. Van Tung made good use of this opportunity to open the scoring. In the 33th minute, he scored again with a header following Minh Trong's pass.
Malaysia then obtained a goal in the last minutes of the first half.
The result was kept until the end of the match, despite dramatic developments in the second half.
With this 2-1 victory, Vietnam currently rank second in Group B, behind Thailand, who won 4-1 against Laos on the same day.
Vietnam will play their last match of the group stage against Thailand on May 11./.
