Also attending the meeting was Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha. At the meeting, coach Mai Duc Chung said that the women's football team returned home after a month of traveling to the world's largest playground - this is a great and important milestone for the team. Expressing his emotion when the Vietnamese National Anthem was played in the international arena, coach Mai Duc Chung said that the whole team showed a resilient and dedicated fighting spirit.
Coach Mai Duc Chung affirmed that the team promises to practice more, be more determined, and strive to compete at their best in international tournaments, first of all the 19th Asian Games - ASIAD 19 to be held in China next September.
Speaking at the meeting, first of all, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated coach Mai Duc Chung and the coaching staff, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and especially the "diamond girls" who finished their competition at the 2023 World Cup and returned home to the warm welcome of many domestic fans.
The domestic fans always follow and strongly cheer for the steps of the National Women's Football Team. The fact that the team is allowed to compete in the 2023 World Cup is already a victory.
Physical training is a process, it cannot be rushed but must be persistent. Sports require physical strength, will and skills. This requires us to invest, have the right method, and "go later, come back first".
The Prime Minister called the female players "diamond girls" because our players have done things that were not possible in the past.
The Prime Minister emphasized that we are extremely proud and moved when the Vietnamese National Flag and National Anthem were raised and played for the first time at a Women's World Cup. We admire the little girls who fought with resilience, dedication, and never backed down against opponents who were superior in terms of physique, physical strength, experience, and tactics.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the love for football of Vietnamese people is very great. The love for football grows because of the courage, will, spirit and competitive attitude of our players.
In sports, fans are an important foundation for victory, victory over oneself. Developing football and women's football in particular has been our determination and there is still much potential for development, the ability to develop.
In order for women's football to develop in both breadth and depth, both popular and professional, based on the results and achievements in the process and at the recent World Cup, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Department of Physical Education and Sports to continue reviewing, strengthening the development and completion of appropriate and synchronous policies to develop women's football, focusing on developing the women's football movement in schools with the active role of the Ministry of Education and Training.
VFF carefully evaluates and analyzes the preparation and competition process at the last World Cup and in recent years to continue to consolidate and enhance strengths, proactively and gradually overcome limitations, focusing on improving the quality of the national championship and the youth tournament system.
At the same time, strengthen training and coaching; allocate resources reasonably for the development of women's football; orient clubs and localities; develop or propose to competent authorities strategic, fundamental, synchronous and comprehensive solutions.
Localities, especially those with strong movements, continue to pay attention, invest, improve treatment regimes, focus on timely and appropriate forms of honor and reward, and especially the long-term development of women's football, promptly resolve or propose solutions to difficulties and problems.
Relevant ministries, branches and localities pay attention to the material and spiritual life of athletes when they retire, creating the best conditions for players to feel secure in life.
We are gradually perfecting the regimes and policies for athletes; we must build policies (salaries, vocational training after retirement, etc.) for high-performance sports.
The “Diamond Girls” are very worthy of participating in the 2023 World Cup, the biggest arena of world football. The victory is meaningful, but more importantly, the spirit, the attitude of the competition, the recognition and evaluation of the world about the remarkable maturity of Vietnamese women's football.
In the upcoming tournaments, athletes need to maintain the spirit of "not being arrogant in victory, not being discouraged in defeat", the more difficult and challenging the situation, the more united we must be, the more pressure we must strive to rise up, always maintaining our faith and aspirations.
The Prime Minister affirmed that football, like other sports, if they want to reach the continental and world level and develop sustainably, they must go through a long-term development process, have a methodical, focused and key approach, and most importantly, need the companionship and support of agencies, organizations, businesses, especially fans.
The Prime Minister hopes that fans will always stand by the team even in difficult times.
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