Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to honour the Olympic Vietnam men’s football team with a certificate of merit in recognition of their excellent performance at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 which ended in Indonesia last week.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc decides to honour the Olympic Vietnam men’s football team with a certificate of merit in recognition of their excellent performance at ASIAD 2018. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to honour theOlympic Vietnam men’s football team with a certificate of merit in recognition oftheir excellent performance at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 which ended inIndonesia last week.
With a perfectrecord of three wins against Nepal, Pakistan and Japan, Vietnam topped Group Dto reach the knock-out phase.
They beatBahrain 1 – 0 in the round of 16 with a goal scored by striker Nguyen CongPhuong in the 87th minute and then saw off Syria in the quarter-finalsafter extra-time to be the last remaining Southeast Asian team in thetournament.
They suffered a1 – 3 defeat to the Republic of Korea in the semi-finals.
Though the teamlost to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3 – 4 in a tense penalty shootout afterdrawing 1 – 1 in official time in the bronze medal match, they have been laudedfor finishing in the top four for the first time. Their performance wascelebrated by fans and the players and coaches returned to a hero’s welcome onSeptember 2.
Vietnam’sjourney in the competition gives hope for the team to advance further at thecontinental level on the pitch.
ASIAD is theworld’s second biggest multiple sports event after the Olympics. This year’sedition was held in Jakarta and Palembang of Indonesia from August 18 toSeptember 2, drawing 16,000 competitors and officials from 45 countries andterritories.
Vietnam sent352 athletes to the ASIAD 2018. The country bagged a total of four gold, 16silver and 18 bronze medals to finish 17th in the medal table.
The four goldswere in pencak silat (men’s combat70-75 kg and 90-95 kg), women’s long jump and women’s lightweight quadruplesculls. –VNA
Vietnam missed the bronze medal in the men’s football at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 after losing to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a match in Indonesia on September 1.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a meeting in Hanoi on September 3 with 150 officials, experts, coaches and athletes attending the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018, which ended in Indonesia a day earlier.
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc decides to honour the Olympic Vietnam men’s football team with a certificate of merit in recognition of their excellent performance at ASIAD 2018. (Photo: VNA) 
