Vietnam, the defending champions, began their 2023 Southeast Asian Games men's football campaign in Cambodia with a 2-0 victory over Laos on Sunday evening. Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Tung celebrates his opening goal in their match against Laos at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, April 30, 2023. Toward the end of the match, Laos piled on the pressure to try to equalize, and came really close. Vietnam, the defending champions, began their 2023 Southeast Asian Games men's football campaign in Cambodia with a 2-0 victory over Laos on Sunday evening. Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Tung celebrates his opening goal in their match against Laos at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, April 30, 2023.