The team will have one and a half month of training before competing at the 2014 Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers against Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain in Group C. The matches will take place from May 22 to 26 at Manama Stadium in Bahrain. The list includes 23 players, 1 head coach, 3 assistants, 1 interpreter and 2 doctors.

Player Chuong Thi Kieu was absent from the event as she is waiting for surgery. Meanwhile, promising player Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh recovered on time to be at this training course. In addition, the team’s head coach Chen Yun Fat summoned two new faces, Do Thi Nguyen from Ha Nam province and Nguyen Huong Giang from Thai Nguyen province.

The Asian Cup 2014 will be the stepping stone to Vietnam to move closer to the dream of playing at the World Cup 2015. Fixtures of the Asian Cup 2014 qualifiers: May 22: Vietnam – Bahrain May 24: Vietnam – Kyrgyzstan May 26: Vietnam– Hong Kong The 23 players of the women’s national football team at the Asian Cup 2014 qualifiers: Goalkeepers: Kieu Trinh, Tuyet Mai, Vu Thi Nhung Defenders: Hai Hoa, Nguyen Thi Mai, Bui Thi Nhu, Do Thi Quyen, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh, Bui Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Xuyen, Vu Thi Nhung, Kim Hong, Vu Thi Ngan. Midfielders: Le Thi Thuong, Kim Tien, Nguyen Thi Muon, Nguyen Thi Lieu, Tuyet Dung Strikers: Nguyen Thi Nguyet, Minh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Huynh Nhu, Huong Giang.

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