The following is the AFL's media release about the tournament

Xin chào! Vietnam to host international footy carnival

Around 300 participants representing 10 countries are set to descend on Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam next week for the 2024 AFL Asia Cup, to be played from December 6-8.
 
The Thanh Long Sports Centre will host the nine-a-side carnival, which will be a celebration of Australian Rules Football and the game’s extensive presence across Asia.
 
There will be open male (10 teams) and open female (five teams) divisions in what will be the first major international competition for many of the competing teams since the last AFL International Cup was staged in 2017.

Tom Bowes, President of Tokyo Goannas discusses the role of the president and how they assist the clubs and wider community. Rom talks about footy, fundraising and events. Some really interesting information for anyone interested in fundraising.

Sakiko Murakami from Japan Mirais loves to play footy and help womans footy grow in Japan. Sakiko tells us about her journey of discovering Aussie Rules in Japan to her love of AFLW. It is great to hear Sakiko talk with so much passion and love for Aussie Rules.

David and Paul Symons join Aussie Rules the World Podcast to discuss the 2024 AFL India Nationals.

World Footy News is teaming up with Aussie Rules the World Podcast this year to bring you more footy content from around the world. This week's guest is the AFL Pakistan's Chaman Mushtaq.

This week's show recaps footy scores and news from matches played last weekend all around the world, including from the USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Austria, Poland, Austria, PNG, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

In the wake of turbulent pandemic-induced isolation and geopolitical unease the topic of the cultural relationship between Japan and Australia remains an intriguing sub-issue that has arguably only scratched the surface of its potential, despite the now 70 years of formally re-established relations and centuries of informal ties.

While the mostly staid and rigidly defined roles of trade and military might have defined the prominent narrative of how countries act, it is the altogether unsophisticated yet labyrinthine expressions of society (food, art, sport) that really explain how we get along...or don’t. Some of them are a bit more interesting or unusual than others.

We recap last weekends footy results and news from around the world, we also catch up on the scores from the 49th Parallel Cup and the AFL London Grand Finals. Scores this week from USAFL, AFL Canada, AFL Europe, AFL PNG, AFL Asia.