Prime Minister meets Vietnamese women’s football team
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 10 met members of the Vietnamese national women’s football team who returned home earlier the same day after earning a berth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time and finishing fifth at the recently-concluded 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 10 met members of the Vietnamese national women’s football team. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh on February 10 met members of the Vietnamese national women’s footballteam who returned home earlier the same day after earning a berth at the FIFAWomen’s World Cup for the first time and finishing fifth at therecently-concluded 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
The PM called the footballers “diamond girls” and MaiDuc Chung a “diamond coach”, saying they showed talents, intelligence, will andmettle of Vietnamese people, and overcome hardships to bring home victories, contributingto the Vietnamese football.
Chinh affirmed that their achievement reflects firmdevelopment steps of Vietnamese women’s football, and expressed his hope formore support for women’s football.
He asked competent agencies, particularly the Ministryof Culture, Sports and Tourism, to further review, build and consolidatesuitable, synchronous policies to promote football and women’s football in particular.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairswas also requested to work on policies towards footballers after their retirement.
The Ministry of Finance would establish a fund forwomen’s football and issue mechanisms and policies to create financialresources for the sport, the leader suggested.
The team expressed their delight at the attention andsentiments of the Party, the State and domestic fans, and promised to gain highest results at SEA Games 31 and World Cup 2023.
Head coach Chung and the players had made thoroughpreparations after qualifying for the 2022 AFC Asian Cup held in India, with determination to win a berth at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The team joined a training session in Spain inlate 2021 but many players then tested positive for COVID-19.
They overcame the challenge and qualified forthe quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC Asian Cup. After losing 1-3 to China, whowere the eventual champions of the tournament, Vietnam had to compete in theplay-off round to vie for a ticket to the 2023 World Cup.
The team showed dominance against regional rivalsThailand with a 2-0 victory, and gained a convincing 2-1 win against ChineseTaipei, making history for earning the first appearance in the Women’s WorldCup.
The Vietnamese women footballers’ impressiveaccomplishments have won praises of foreign fans. Emotional celebrations ofhead coach Chung and his players were posted on numerous international sportschannels./.
With some good news Vietnamese athletes brought home at the first days of the new year, people expect many sports achievements in 2022 when the country will host and take part in a number of major regional and international tournaments.
Members of the Vietnamese national women’s football team returned home on February 10 after making history by earning a berth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time and finishing fifth at the recently-concluded 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
The women’s national football team of Vietnam arrived in Hanoi on February 10 morning after excellently fulfilling their mission in the final round of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 and earning a berth in the finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Secretary of the Central Military Commission To Lam attended the event in Hanoi, while Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man were present the event in Hue and in Ho Chi Minh City, respectively.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 10 met members of the Vietnamese national women’s football team. (Photo: VNA) 
