Responding to VTC News, defender Vo Minh Trong said he suffered a shoulder injury after a collision with an Indonesian defender in the match on March 26. At that time, this injury caused Minh Trong many difficulties, showing signs of losing consciousness on the field.

In the 80th minute, Minh Trong collided strongly with Rizky Ridho, causing his arm and right shoulder to hit the ground. He was diagnosed with a shoulder injury. In the match between Binh Duong and Hong Linh Ha Tinh, Minh Trong was placed on the bench and did not enter the field, even though he is Binh Duong's number 1 left-back.

Minh Trong is still waiting for the final decision from the medical department of Binh Duong Club to know whether he needs surgery or not. If he goes under the knife to completely treat the injury, Minh Trong will be out for the rest of the 2023/2024 season. On the contrary, if the injury is not serious, he can return to the field and continue playing in the remaining part of the V.League.

In the match between Binh Duong Club and Hong Linh Ha Tinh Club in round 15 of V.League, Minh Trong was unexpectedly brought onto the field in the 85th minute to replace Que Ngoc Hai. He played as a left back and was on the field for about 10 minutes. Overall, the injury of the defender born in 2001 is not too serious, but he needs to rest and completely cure the problem in his right shoulder.

Minh Trong's absence seriously affected coach Hoang Anh Tuan's personnel plan for the Vietnam U23 team. Just a few days later, the next left-back of Vietnam U23, Phan Tuan Tai, also missed the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals due to a knee injury.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has 3 other options on the left flank including defender Ha Van Phuong, midfielder Hoang Van Toan and center back Nguyen Duc Anh.

In the international friendly match with U23 Jordan in the early morning of April 11, coach Hoang Anh Tuan placed Hoang Van Toan in the starting lineup. This could be the option that this coach chooses when entering the official matches.

U23 Vietnam is in Group D with Kuwait, Malaysia and Uzbekistan. The team will play its opening match on April 17 against U23 Jordan.