“Vietnam's qualification for their first FIFA Women's World Cup Finals is just reward for Nhu who has been so integral in the Southeast Asian side's phenomenal improvement,” the the-afc.com said.

Vietnamese striker Huynh Nhu (first, right) is among the Asian stars expected to shine at the FIFA Women.

“The 30-year-old Nhu has been a national team regular since 2011 and the forward's goals have powered Vietnam from one success to another. The FIFA Women's World Cup, however, will be a challenge at a different level altogether and Vietnam will need the talismanic Nhu to be at her best to power them in Australia and New Zealand 2023,” the website added.

Besides Nhu, the AFC also named five other stars: Sam Kerr of Australia, Wang Shanshan of China, Saki Kumagai of Japan, Ji So-yun of the Republic of Korea and Sarina Bolden of the Philippines.

Nhu is one of the most prominent players in Vietnamese women's football. She has won the Golden Ball award four times. She also made important contributions to the Vietnamese women's team to win gold medals at the SEA Games 2017, 2019 and 2022, along with the AFF Cup 2019 championship.

Although the Vietnamese women's team was unsuccessfully at the recent Southeast Asian Women’s Football Championship, she still left a strong mark with seven goals. She is the best scorer in the history of Vietnamese women's football with 59 goals for the national team.

Vietnam drawn into easy group at AFF Women’s Cup

The Vietnam women’s football team was drawn into Group B of the AFF Women’s Cup 2022 along with regional lightweights of Myanmar, Laos, Timor-Leste and Cambodia.

Vietnam beat Thailand to defend SEA Games women’s football title

Forward Huynh Nhu was on target as Vietnam surged past Thailand 1-0 in the final match of the 31st SEA Games women’s football event on the evening of May 21 to successfully defend their SEA Games gold medal.

Vietnam win bronze medal in badminton women’s team at SEA Games 31

(BGO) – The final match of badminton women’s team at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) took place on May 18 afternoon between Thailand and Indonesia delegations under the attendance of Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Denny Abdi and his spouse.

Badminton women team at SEA Games 31 honored and rewarded

(BGO) – The Vietnam Badminton Federation on May 16 decided to reward bonus of 20 million VND (over 865 USD) to the badminton athletes competing at women’s team at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) after they succeeded in the semifinal.

Women’s football team showered with bonuses

The national women’s football team has received more bonuses after making history by winning a ticket to the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time.

Source: NDO/VNA