The national women's football team will play two friendly matches in August against Chinese Taipei to prepare for their second round of Olympic qualifiers.

The games will take place in Hanoi on August 1 and 4.

Coach Norimatsu Takashi plans to call up 28 players for his squad.

Chinese Taipei are in Group A with Vietnam, along with Thailand, Jordan and hosts Myanmar.

After the friendlies, Vietnam will travel to Japan for a training course in September.-VNA