In more recent years, woodworking as a profession fell out of favour with young people, mainly due to poor returns: the average income of a woodworker in Kim Bồng is about VND 1.5 million (US$85) per month.
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.
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