The attacking line scored a classy goal against Thailand, the Vietnamese women's team won the bronze medal: VFF awarded 600 million VND

With the brilliance of Hai Yen, Huynh Nhu and Bich Thuy, the Vietnamese women's team won against the Thai women's team, thereby closing the 2025 AFF Women's Cup with a bronze medal.

Vietnam women's team defends and waits for the opportunity

Although they just won a few days ago against the Thai women's team in the group stage, the Vietnamese women's team certainly cannot be complacent because the nature of the bronze medal match is very different and the opposing team has also gained experience and learned lessons from the previous defeat.

The Vietnamese women's team has an experienced and balanced squad in all positions.

Meanwhile, the Thai women's team is rejuvenating its squad.

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Vietnam women's team beat Thailand to win bronze medal: Hai Yen, Huynh Nhu, Bich Thuy shine

Lach Tray Stadium ( Hai Phong ) this afternoon

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There were not many changes in personnel made by the two coaches in the starting lineup for this match. The home team proactively played slowly in the first minutes to probe the opponent and had less ball control than the opponent.

Thailand took the initiative from the first minutes of the match. The players of the Golden Temple team played a fast pressing style, constantly putting pressure on the penalty area of the Vietnamese team. In the second minute, Pinypahat Klinklai took a powerful shot, the ball bounced around, forcing goalkeeper Kim Thanh to dive to block.

In the first minutes, Thailand was the team that created more pressure.

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Captain Huynh Nhu leads the attack

The home team's first clear chance came in the 16th minute, from a corner kick, Bich Thuy crossed the ball for Thai Thi Thao to head in, however, with no one to mark her, Thai Thi Thao sent the ball over the bar.

The home team's efforts finally paid off in the final minute of regulation time in the first half. From a long pass from her teammate, Hai Yen broke the offside trap and rushed in at the right moment, unleashing a decisive shot that beat goalkeeper Pawarisa Homyamye.

Hai Yen's opening goal

Praise must be given to the daring pass from the defense that allowed Hai Yen to run up at the right time and score the opening goal.

The first half ended with the advantage leaning towards coach Mai Duc Chung and his team.

Huynh Nhu and Bich Thuy consolidate victory for the home team

Entering the second half, with nothing to lose, the Thai women's team rushed forward to attack, looking for an equalizer and continuously putting pressure on the home team's goal. In the 47th minute, Madison Casteen fired a powerful cross-angle shot, but goalkeeper Kim Thanh played with concentration and made an excellent save.

After that, the Vietnamese women's team regained control of the game and continuously created many opportunities. In the 50th minute, seeing the Thai goalkeeper running high, Thai Thi Thao decided to launch a dangerous long-range shot but the ball went wide of the goal. In the 62nd minute, the substitute player, Ngan Thi Van Su, handled the ball skillfully and passed it to Huynh Nhu. The ball was then passed back to Nguyen Thi Van, but her shot went wide.

Highlight Vietnam women's team 3-1 Thailand: Bronze medal for the home team

Huynh Nhu raised the score to 2-0

In the 65th minute, Huynh Nhu scored the first goal of the tournament after a perfect pass from Nguyen Thi Van. The captain of the Vietnamese women's team celebrated the goal with the Vietnamese flag that she had prepared.

Huynh Nhu scored the first goal in this year's tournament.

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With a goal to consolidate their advantage, the Vietnamese women's team's passing became smoother and more graceful. Just 3 minutes later, Nguyen Thi Van continued to have a delicate pass for Bich Thuy to run up, and she launched a beautiful one-touch volley, defeating the Thai goalkeeper.

Nguyen Thi Van's classy pass for Bich Thuy to score the third goal

Bich Thuy continues to shine with a classy goal

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In the final minutes of the match, the Thai team tried hard to find an equalizer and in the 87th minute, from a good corner kick, Wirunya Kwenkasikum fired a decisive shot to reduce the score to 1-3. This was also the final result of the third place match.

The Vietnamese women's team finished the 2025 MSIG Serenity Cup™ Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship with a bronze medal. The Thai women's team finished fourth. The final match between the Myanmar women's team and U.23 Australia will take place at 8:00 p.m. tonight, also at Lach Tray Stadium, to determine the new champion of the tournament.

After the match, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration Le Thi Hoang Yen, VFF President Tran Quoc Tuan and VFF Standing Committee went down to the field to congratulate the Vietnamese women's team on their bronze medal win! VFF awarded the team 600 million VND.

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