Thai newspaper praises Vietnam women's volleyball team after historic moment

(Dan Tri) - The Vietnamese women's volleyball team could not complete the surprise, losing 1-3 to Poland. However, our winning the first half and being present at the world tournament is history.

The match between the Vietnamese women's volleyball team and Poland on the evening of August 23, in Phuket (Thailand) was the first match of Vietnamese women's volleyball in the history of the world championship.

In this match, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's team lost 1-3 (25-23, 10-25, 12-25 and 22-25). Notably, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team won the first half of this match, then lost to the world's third-ranked team.

The Vietnamese women's volleyball team got off to a good start against Poland (Photo: Volleyball World).

Thailand's Khaosod newspaper wrote: "The Vietnamese women's volleyball team lost to Poland in the opening match of the world championship, but they excellently beat their opponents in the first set of this match."

“The Vietnamese athletes participated in this tournament without the main striker Bich Tuyen, but they tried their best. At least the Vietnamese women's volleyball team played well in one set, before losing to a strong opponent,” Khaosod added.

Also according to the newspaper of the Land of Golden Pagodas, Thai audiences pay a lot of attention to the Vietnamese women's football team at the world championship.

Khaosod revealed: “4,000 spectators were present at Saphan Hin Stadium, in Phuket to witness the match in Group G. The highlight of the match that Thai spectators were interested in was the Vietnamese women's volleyball team.

The Vietnamese women's team had a very good first half against Poland (Photo: Volleyball World).

The Vietnamese women's team is ranked 22nd in the world. It turned out that this was the match where the Vietnamese women's volleyball team started better, even though they still lost to Poland 1-3 in the end," are the lines written in Khaosod newspaper.

Meanwhile, another Thai newspaper, Thairath, commented: “The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team suffered their first loss at the world championship. However, there were times when they made things difficult for the Polish team.”

“The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team was without star attacker Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen, after she announced her withdrawal from the tournament. Despite that, the Vietnamese women’s team got off to a good start against Poland.

The women's team won the first set 25-23, temporarily leading the Polish team 1-0. However, the Polish women's team then came back to win 3 consecutive sets. In the end, Poland beat the Vietnamese women's team 3-1 (23-25, 25-10, 25-12 and 25-22)," Thairath reported in more detail.

After the match with Poland, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team will have a match with the German team on August 25.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-thai-lan-khen-doi-tuyen-bong-chuyen-nu-viet-nam-sau-khoanh-khac-lich-su-20250823231457706.htm