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Henrique Calisto has resigned as coach of football-mad Vietnam, blaming media pressure stemming from his team's failure at last year's Southeast Asia cup. The Vietnam Football Federation on Wednesday accepted the Portuguese's letter of resignation, said its deputy chairman Nguyen Lan Trung. Calisto, 58, is set to move to Thailand to coach Muang Thong United, leaving behind a country where the national team has often struggled to meet the high hopes of its passionate fans. "He set forth several reasons for the resignation, but the main reason was media pressure against him and the team. He thought it's not good for the young players and his exit will be better for the national team," Trung told AFP.



Calisto became Vietnam coach for the second time in 2008, when his team won the ASEAN Cup, which brings together Southeast Asian nations every two years. He first held the position in 2002 and spent several years after that coaching provincial teams. Vietnam lost their ASEAN crown in December when they were beaten by Malaysia in the semi-finals in a lacklustre performance that sparked disappointment among fans and media. Calisto could not be reached for comment, but according to the Tuoi Tre newspaper, he said he had received no respect despite his 11 years in Vietnamese football.



"I experienced much bitterness and difficulty in my football career in Vietnam, but also enjoyed many successes with clubs and the national team. I think this is the right time to say goodbye to Vietnamese football," it quoted him as saying. "I will become the coach for Thailand's Muang Thong United," he added. Muang Thong temporary coach Robert Procureur confirmed that Calisto would join the club. "I think he will start next Monday," he said.



Johnny Tri Nguyen finds movie stardom in Vietnam

By G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle 04 March 2011


It's kind of a damnation of Hollywood that there's no prominent place for Johnny Tri Nguyen. He was Spider-Man, after all, plus he spent most of his formative years in Los Angeles. The Vietnamese immigrant even won a gold medal representing the United States with his martial arts prowess in the 1998 Pan Am Games. But then again, what's the big deal? You see Nguyen in nonstop action in his current film "Clash," which plays next Sunday at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and opens March 18 in San Jose, and Netflix his previous hit, "The Rebel," and you'll agree he's where he needs to be: Vietnam. "I did find limited opportunity in Hollywood in terms of the roles that are available," Nguyen said via Skype from India, where he's working in a Bollywood action film. "It's more difficult to get meaningful roles. There's a lot of Asian actors out there, but the roles aren't challenging."



Nguyen isn't just your typical kick-ass action star. He's worked his way up in the film industry, starting as a production assistant in small American films in the 1990s and working his way up as a stuntman, a cinematographer and now as a screenwriter, producer and actor. He was Tobey Maguire's stunt double in "Spider-Man 2," and was a villain in the Thai actioner "The Protector." "The Rebel" (2007) is the highest-grossing film in Vietnamese history. The second is "Clash," from 2009. Nguyen is the martial arts hero, screenwriter and co-producer in both, and his real-life love, Thanh Van Ngo, is the female star of both films (they're Vietnam's version of Brangelina).



Nguyen visited Vietnam with a purpose when he was filming "The Protector" in Thailand. His uncle, actor Chanh Tin Nguyen, helped get him in the door in Hanoi. "I just took the opportunity to go back to Vietnam because it's only an hour flight, and I go back and see how it is, and I though
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