USD 200,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR VIETNAM WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Other than the contract which is worth until 2010 will also see the steel company giving additional reward to the team should they do well.

Coached by China’s Chen Yun Fat, the team has been promised VND300 million (USD18,750) for a win and VND150 million (USD9,375) for a draw in the final rounds of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup 2008.

For the tournament proper, which will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on 28 May 2008, Vietnam have been drawn in group A against China, North Korea, and Thailand.