2008 | 2008 Summer Olympics | Round-robin tournament | 2008 in music | United States presidential election, 2008 | Arena Football League (1987–2008) | UEFA Euro 2008 | tournament | Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | Single-elimination tournament | 2008 Sichuan earthquake | Masters Tournament | Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 | 2008 World Series of Poker | John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 | Canadian federal election, 2008 | Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament | 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games | 2008 Rugby League World Cup | 2008 Summer Paralympics | 2008 in film | Tournament of Champions | Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | 2008 ATP Tour | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G | Oregon legislative elections, 2008 | Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008 | Malaysian general election, 2008 | Alberta general election, 2008 |
In November 2008, a month after winning the 2008 Merdeka Cup with U22 Vietnam, Mai Xuân Hợp officially signed a three-year contract with Thể Công for a transfer fee of 3.5 billion Vietnamese dong, which was selling transfer record of the club at that moment.