Vietnam's soccer player Mai Tien Thanh (right) and Jamaica's Mario Harrison fight for the ball during an international friendly match at My Dinh stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. Jamaica lost 3-0. - Reuters

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz continued to have a torrid tour of Asia, when they were ambushed 3-0 by 142nd-ranked Vietnam in their international friendly match at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday.

The 22-man local based squad have now lost their second game of the tour, after going down 2-1 to 143rd-ranked Indonesia in their opener.

The Vietnamese, a young squad which consisted of some 12 under-23 players, seized the initiative early and got on the scoresheet through Le Cong Vinh in the eighth minute.

In front of a sparsely populated stadium, the host doubled the lead when midfielder Tran Duc Duong blasted past Jamaican custodian Richard McCallum from long range in the 66th minute.

Nguyen Anh Duc added insult to injury when he broke through Jamaica's back line to net in the 90th minute.

Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl rotated several of his players during the friendly as they continued to prepare for the Asian Cup, which Vietnam co-hosts with Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, beginning on July 5.

Struggling

The Reggae Boyz, ranked 68th in the last FIFA world rankings, have now lost their third friendly in a row and continue to struggle mightily under new technical director Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic.

Since taking over at the helm, Milutinovic, despite winning a Lunar Cup tournament, has not won a friendly with the team in their last six outings.

The team will next play Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, before wrapping up their four-nation Asian tour on July 2 with a match against newly crowned west Asian champions Iran, who beat Iraq in the championship final yesterday.

Jamaica, which is using the tour to prepare for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, which begin in the first quarter of next year, are playing without many of their most experienced players who play professionally in Europe, as Milutinovic seeks to identify talent for the qualifying campaign.