After Bich Tuyen withdrew, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy received a very heavy responsibility in the Vietnam Women's Volleyball team at the 2025 World Championship in Thailand in the next few days.
Thus, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy will return to the role of scoring the main points for the Vietnamese women's volleyball team in the upcoming world tournament. The owner was born in 1997 no longer had to take step 1 to support the defense, but focused on the mission is the ending situations.
In fact, this is not the first time Tran Thi Thanh Thuy is responsible for scoring points for Vietnamese women's volleyball team. Throughout 2023 with many major tournaments (two Asian tournaments, Asiad …), when Bich Tuyen did not recruit for some reasons, it was Thanh Thuy who was the most powerful tip of Vietnam, and his teammates twice defeated the strong Korean opponent causing the continental seismic. Now when Bich Tuyen is absent, Thanh Thuy's role and mission will be much heavier.
Earlier on the evening of August 19, Thanh Thuy was tried in a new role when Vietnam played a friendly with Kenya. This is a match that receives much attention from experts, because Kenya is also one of the rivals of Vietnamese women's teams in the group stage of the World Women's Volleyball Championship 2025.
In addition, fans are waiting for alternatives given by the Vietnam Recruitment Training Board when the No. 1 pass for Vietnam Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen does not attend the world championship for personal reasons.
Entering the match, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet launched a squad with the owner Vi Thi Nhu Quynh, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, the assistants Le Thanh Thuy, Nguyen Thi Trinh, passed the two Doan Thi Lam Oanh and Libero Khanh.
Despite being underestimated than Kenya – the African championship team in 2023 and may be shaped, outstanding strength, Vietnamese players are the better play team. With diverse attacks, the host team continuously leads to win the first set of 25-21.
Entering Set 2, coach Tuan Kiet replaced a series of players so that all were tried and scored. The new, diverse and speed in the play of the host girls continues to make it difficult for Kenya women. This time, Thanh Thuy and his teammates won the first set with a difference of 25-14.
The Vietnam Recruitment Training Board continues to have the test in the next 2 sets when bringing the owner Nguyen Thi Phuong into the field. The host team continued to play better and won with the same score 25-19, thereby winning 4-0.
Thus, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team officially closed the preparation process for the 2025 World Championship. On August 20, teachers and coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet will leave for Thailand to attend the tournament. According to the schedule, Vietnamese women's teams will meet Poland in turn (20h30 on 23/8), Germany (17:00 on August 25) and Kenya (17:00 on August 27).