Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam national women’s volleyball team gained thefifth place at the sixth Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup for Women aftertrouncing the Republic of Korea (RoK) 3-0 at Chartchai Hall, Thailand onSeptember 23.
The team pulled off a sensational straight-set 25-22, 25-10 and 25-15 victoryover young Korean ladies.
Tran Thanh Thuy led Vietnam with 16 points, including 13 kills from 27attempts, one block and two aces. Meanwhile, Ha Hyejin chipped in with 12points for the RoK including nine attacks from 28 attempts.
For Vietnam, the result was a better performance than the 7th position they hadachieved at the previous event two years ago in Vinh Phuc province. Meanwhile,the Korean team ranked 6th place at this year’s event, and 8th place in Vietnamin 2016.
Earlier, Vietnam succumbed to the semi-final round as the team lost to Japan1-3 on September 19. They then had to compete for the rankings from 5th to 10thwith such teams as the RoK, Kazakhstan, Australia, Iran and the Philippines.
The Vietnamese volleyball female players also had a brilliant performance atrecent 18th Asian Games in Indonesia, ranking 6th place.-VNA