The team has many popular players including midfielder Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung (Ha Nam), defenders Pham Thi Tuoi (Ha Nam) and Tran Thi Kim Thanh (Ho Chi Minh City), and strikers Huynh Nhu (Ho Chi Minh City) and Pham Hai Yen (Hanoi).

Vietnam women's football team in training.

The team completed a 10-day training program in Japan before their departure.

Vietnam has been drawn in Group B, together with Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia at the 2019 AFF Women’s Championship. Group A has Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Timor Leste.

The participating teams will play in a round robin format, with the top two finishers from each group qualifying for the semifinals.

Vietnam finished third at last year's event, which Thailand won by defeating U20 Australia 3-2 in the final.

They won the gold medal in SEA Games 2017.

The AFF Women’s Cup is an important warm-up for teams that will take part in the next SEA Games in November and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers.

FIFA has expanded the number of teams in Women’s World Cup from 24 to 32 for the 2023 edition, giving Vietnam, who are among the top six teams in Asia, more chances to participate in the biggest women’s football competition.

Vietnam finalise squad for 2019 AFF Women’s Championship

Vietnam head coach Mai Duc Chung on August 12 named his 23-player squad for the upcoming 2019 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship, to be held in Chonburi, Thailand, from August 15 to 27.

Vietnam wins second prize at VTV international women’s volleyball tourney

Vietnam came second at the international women’s volleyball tournament – VTV Cup Ton Hoa Sen 2019 after losing 1-3 to the NEC Club of Japan in the finale that took place in the central province of Quang Nam on August 10 evening.

Vietnam has bigger chance as Women’s World Cup expanded

Vietnam’s national football team will have a bigger opportunity to compete at the Women's World Cup after the world soccer governing body FIFA announced on August 1 that the number of teams taking part in the championship will increase from 24 to 32.

Vietnamese women top Southeast Asia in FIFA ranking

Vietnam’s women national football team have retained their 35th position in the latest FIFA rankings, topping Southeast Asia after Thailand slipped.

Asian women’s U23 volleyball tourney begins in Hanoi

The third Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship – the Dong Luc Cup - kicked off in Hanoi on July 13.

Source: VnExpress