In Pictures: Vietnamese women’s football team returns home to fans’ warm welcome

Members of the Vietnamese women's football team arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at 9:30pm on May 16 to the warm welcome of many fans, after excellently winning their fourth SEA Games gold medal in a row.
Coach Mai Duc Chung and Vietnamese women's football team.
Coach Mai Duc Chung and Vietnamese women's football team.
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Coach Mai Duc Chung and his students arrive at Noi Bai International with a historical achievement when taking the fourth SEA Games gold medal in a row, creating a record with the team having won the SEA Games eight times.

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Fresh flowers and fans’ love for coach Chung and his students following the historical victory at SEA Games 32.

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Many fans come very early to welcome the Vietnamese football’s golden girls.

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Thanh Nha, who scored a beautiful goal in the final match, receives a warm welcome from the fans.

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Golden girls of Vietnamese women's football returns home.

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Midfielder Tran Thi Thuy Nga is warmly welcomed by fans. She suffered an injury in the final match, so she is using a wheelchair.

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The women’s football team is welcomed by the media and fans.

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At Noi Bai Airport, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training Tran Duc Phan congratulates the Vietnamese women's team.

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The women's football team returns home to the arms of fans.

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Coach Mai Duc Chung said: “Vietnamese women's football team and I are very happy and touched by the warm welcome of the home fans”.

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The players will have a few days to visit their families before gathering for a trip to Europe for training in early June, in preparation for the World Cup.

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After 20 minutes of interacting with the media and fans, the female players got into the car to leave the airport.

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After winning the gold medal, the Vietnamese women's team was divided into 2 groups to move to the locality. Those who return to Ho Chi Minh City departed at 2:19pm at Phnom Penh International Airport and landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 3:20pm.