The game was played behind closed doors at Cam Pha Stadium in Quang Ninh province due to growing fears of the COVID-19 outbreak (Photo: VNA) 
Earlier, Vietnam lost 0-5 to Australia, the world’s No 7 team, in the first leg. With this result, Australia secured a place in the 2020 Olympic Games with 7-1 win on aggregate (Photo: VNA) 
Striker Sam Kerr gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute. The visiting side continued to maintain their pressure and doubled their goals in the 27th minute thanks to Hayley Raso (Photo: VNA) 
The dominance still belonged to the Australian team in the second half (Photo: VNA) 
The Vietnamese goal was threatened seriously by counter attacks of Australia. However, goalkeeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh emerged as a bright spot with many situations to defend her goal (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnam resisted patiently and had a goal to narrow the gap to 1-2 in the 55th minute. Captain and striker Huynh Nhu capitalised on a defensive error and lobbed the ball over the Australian goalie (Photo: VNA) 
This was the first time in the history of confrontation at the national team level, Vietnam were able to score past Australia (Photo: VNA) 
In their last six matches, Vietnam had conceded 34 goals and scored none (Photo: VNA) 
Nhu’s goal helped the team in red play more confidently in the remaining minutes but Vietnam could not take their chances to score more goals (Photo: VNA) VNA
