The 2nd national football championship in Vietnam known locally as the Vietnam National A1 Football Cup was played from March 1981 until April 1982

17 teams took part in the competition that was played in two stages; a Group Stage featuring 2 groups of 9 and 8 teams and a Championship stage featuring the top three from each group. Two teams would be relegated, one from each group

Group stage

• Top three advanced to the Championship stage.
• Bottom placed teams in each group automatically relegated

Group A

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Than Quang Ninh	16	6	9	1	32	19	21	Qualify for Championship stage
2	Công An Hà Nội	16	5	9	2	18	15	19	Qualify for Championship stage
3	Quan khu Thu do	16	5	8	3	19	15	18	Qualify for Championship stage
4	Phong Khong	16	6	4	6	19	20	16
5	Hai Quan	16	4	7	5	15	15	15
6	Tay Ninh	16	4	7	5	20	21	15
7	Cang Hai Phong	16	2	10	4	18	20	14
8	Phu Khanh	16	5	4	7	14	25	14
9	Tien Giang	16	3	6	7	16	21	12	Relegated

Group B

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	CLB Quan Doi	14	10	2	2	25	11	22	Qualify for Championship stage
2	So CN TP.HCM	14	6	4	4	23	18	16	Qualify for Championship stage
3	Quan Khu 3	14	6	4	4	17	13	16	Qualify for Championship stage
4	Tông Cuc Düòng Sát	14	4	6	4	18	16	14
5	Cang Sai Gon	14	4	5	5	12	14	13
6	C.Nhan Nghia Binh	14	3	5	6	17	24	11
7	CNXD Hai Noi	14	2	6	6	11	18	10
8	CNXD Hai Phong	14	3	4	7	8	17	10	Relegated

Championship Stage

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	CLB Quan Doi	5	4	0	1	8	4	8	Champions
2	Quan Khu Thu Do	5	3	1	1	7	5	7
3	Công An Hà Nội	5	2	2	1	5	4	6
4	So CN TP.HCM	5	2	1	2	8	8	5
5	Than Quang Ninh	5	1	0	4	4	6	2
6	Quan Khu 3	5	0	2	3	5	10	2

Vietnam National A1 Football Cup Champions
CLB Quan Doi 1st Title