
The event marked a historic milestone when the Vietnamesewomen's football team have qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time.
The capital city is the fourth stop of the trophy on aglobal tour ahead of the highly anticipated competition set to takeplace this July.
The tour serves as a crucial prelude to the internationalsporting event, which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The tourbegan in Japan on February 25, going to the Republic of Korea and thePhilippines before Vietnam. It will leave for China on March 9-11.
In all, the trophy will travel to all 32 countries competingat the World Cup before touring the nine Women’s World Cup host cities in thefinal weeks before the start of the tournament on July 20.
Following the draw last October, Vietnam will be in Group E with defendingchampions USA, last time's runners-up the Netherlands and a playoff matchwinner.
They will play all three group matches in New Zealand./.