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Vietnam in tough group with US at 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

This is considered a hard row to hoe for Vietnam, which are currently 34th on the world ranking and will be playing in the World Cup for the first time. The U.S. are the defending and four-time champions in 1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019 and the number one team on the world ranking, while the Netherlands are eighth. The final team of Group E will be either Thailand, Cameroon and Portugal. Vietnam are one of the six qualified teams in Asia, besides China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and hosts Australia. The month-long competition will kick off on July 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand – the first co-hosts in the history of the Women’s World Cup. Vietnam’s first game will be against the U.S. in Auckland and also be Group E’s opener. Next summer’s World Cup will be the largest women’s sporting event in history with 32 countries, up eight from the previous tournament and double the number in 2011.  Twenty-nine teams have already qualified, with Morocco, the Philipp...

Vietnam contestant finishes runner up at Men of the Year 2022

The title Men of the Year 2022 went to Dominik Chabr – a contestant from the Czech Republic. The second, third and fourth runner-up titles went to Bogdan Iusypchuk of Ukraine, Lee Jooyong of the Republic of Korea, and Pablo Gallego of Spain respectively. Born in 1992 in Ho Chi Minh City, Khac stands at a height of 1.82 metres. The Vietnamese model graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and received plenty of compliments due to his masculine appearance and strong communication skills. In late April this year Khac won the runner-up title of The Next Gentle Man – a beauty contest for Vietnamese men. Taking part in Man of the Year 2022 in Bali, Indonesia, the Vietnamese model stole the show in the national costume and talent segments. Minh Khac wore an outfit inspired by Saint Giong – a mythical folk hero of Vietnam and one of the four immortals – to introduce to international friends at the contest. According to the Vietnamese man, Saint Giong symbolizes no...