FRENCH - VIETNAMESE DUAL NATIONALITY

Your problem is that you are trying to do this yourself.  If the team really wants you, ask them to pull the strings.  They are sure to have better connections than you.

As V-League is a professional soccer league which means foreign players could be hired/borrowed/transferred to play officially like Premier League of the UK, I don't see why (sorry if I'm wrong) you insist on obtaining Vietnamese passport to play professional soccer in Viet Nam. On the other hand, Vietnamese laws actually allow dual nationality; however, the procedure is strict and I recommend you should consult with a legal counselor/lawyer who is specified in Vietnamese immigration before making any decision. Wish you luck with your choice ^^

Strange because I went to the same embassy in London and she basically offered me a passport.

The lady at the counter... she's lazy and a bit clueless. Ask to speak to her manager, they sit in that room to the left. I've had to do it after being fobbed off. Next time you go in, take your birth certificate (make sure they take the photocopy and not original) and your mums paperwork too.  State your case, you were born in vietnam and you will be alright.

The old boss that used to work there was super nice. We were discussing legal definitions of "viet kieu" which is all down to interpretation. As for getting a vietnamese passport... she said that in my case, i never renounced my citizenship as I fled as part of the diaspora and thus she could help me sort out a Vietnamese passport. But i was like no thanks I just need this paper saying i was originally from vietnam because apparently my British Passport which shows where i was born and my birth certificate  from Vietnam isn't enough to satisfy actual vietnamese people living in vietnam to legally recognise me as one. To an average Vietnamese on the street, even if you were born there, if you don't speak Vietnamese your not "viet kieu". I don't care for the term, I just don't want a 50 years lease as a Johnny foreigner in vietnam.

This is how stupid vinhomes lawyer was, his idea of Viet Kieu was someone who had a Vietnamese passport but lived abroad. So i pointed out that if that was his definition of viet kieu, meaning they still had vietnamese nationality and passports why do they need a new law to let them buy property.

Wow thats amazing. Is there any chance we can exchange details and speak about this more in detail?