First Round

18 participants (chosen from 32 entrants of National A1 Football Cup 1989):

• Saigon Port
• Hanoi Police
• Nam Dinh Textile
• Angiang
• Tiengiang
• Haiphong Police
• Dongthap
• Longan
• Thanhhoa Police
• HCM City Customs
• Vietnamese Railway
• Constructional Workers
• Army Club (Cau Lac Bo Quan doi)
• Haiphong Electricity
• Nghiabinh Workers
• Lamdong
• Quangnam-Danang
• Lam River-Nghetinh

Teams were divided into 3 groups playing double round robin;
no points for more than 3 draws;
bottom clubs of each group relegated:
top-2 of each and two best 3rd placed clubs to second phase

Second Round

played in 2 groups of 4, single round robin; top-2 of each to semifinals

Saigon Port finished 5th overall

Final

• Cau Lac Bo Quan doi (Ha Noi) 4-0 Quang Nam (Da Nang)