The Vietnam Television (VTV) International Women’s Volleyball Cup will be held in the northern province of Lao Cai from August 19-26 after a three- year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with teams from Vietnam, Australia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Japan and the Republic of Korea taking part.
The Vietnam women's volleyball team at the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup 2019 (Photo: nhandan.vn)
Lao Cai (VNA) – The Vietnam Television (VTV) International Women’sVolleyball Cup will be held in the northern province of Lao Cai from August19-26 after a three- year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with teams from Vi🅺etnam, Australia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Japan and theRepublic of Korea taking part.
The teams will compete in a round-robin format. Intotal, the 2023 VTV Cup will have 24 matches.
As the host, Lao Cai has renovatedand upgraded several facilities of the provincial gymnasium complex in order to ensure overall success of the event.
The Lao Cai Departments of Culture and Sports, andTourism have proactively worked with the VTV to promote 🤪the province’s tourism onmass media.
VTV Cup 2023 will bethe last tournament of the Vietnamese women’s volleyball team before startingthe competition at the ASIAD 19 taking place from September 23 in Hangzhou, China.
The VTV International Women'sVolleyball Cup is an international volleyball tournamentfor women organised by the VolleyballFederation of Vietnam (VFV), andsponsored by the VTV. Thecup was established in 2004 and held every year. From 2020 to 2022, the annual event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic./.
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The Vietnam women's volleyball team at the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup 2019 (Photo: nhandan.vn) 
