The most surprising Vietnamese female volleyball star at ASIAD receives big reward and is praised by world legends

On her personal page, Bich Thuy admits she is an "introvert" and indeed, looking at the 1m84 tall middle blocker's expression, it's easy to see that she's different from most of her teammates.

Bich Thuy rarely smiles. Some people say she looks… cold as money. Others say she always looks sad. But no matter what people say, the middle blocker of Duc Giang Chemicals still maintains the same playing style.

However, in the matches of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team at ASIAD 2023, Bich Thuy said very little in words but "said" a lot through what she contributed to the national women's volleyball team.

This 2000-born middle blocker had a light start in the "practice match" with Nepal by scoring 7 points for the Vietnamese women's volleyball team.

Next, Bich Thuy scored 17 points against Korea, including 8 points in the third set, playing a decisive role in helping the Vietnamese team win this set, thereby opening up an impressive comeback to defeat Korea 3-2 in the end.

This is a decisive victory for the first time in the history of Vietnam's participation in the women's volleyball semi-finals at the ASIAD.

Bich Thuy's back-swinging shots were so impressive that Kim Yeon Koung, the world's female volleyball legend and the most famous former ace of Korean women's volleyball, had to praise her on KBS after the end of the third set of the women's volleyball match between Korea and Vietnam at the 2023 ASIAD.

Not stopping at a memorable performance against South Korea, Bich Thuy continued to leave a big mark in the 3-1 victory of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the second group stage.

She scored 15 points in this match (only less than Thanh Thuy) and achieved a scoring efficiency of up to 60% (the highest in the Vietnamese team). Bich Thuy was the one who scored the decisive point in the 25-20 victory for the Vietnamese team against the DPRK in set 2 and also the one who scored the 13th and 14th points in set 4, opening up the decisive breakthrough that brought the 25-22 victory for the Vietnamese team in this set to defeat the DPRK 3-1 in the end.

Previously, at the 2023 Asian Championship, Bich Thuy scored 8 points for the Vietnamese team in the semi-final match against China with "giant" blockers over 1m90 tall. She was our best scorer in this match.

This year, 23 years old, Bich Thuy is the future of Vietnamese women's volleyball, but in fact, the star of Duc Giang Chemicals has affirmed her attacking talent before that.

Bich Thuy was with the Vietnamese women's volleyball team participating in the 31st SEA Games in May 2022 and excellently won the silver medal. Immediately after the tournament, she was praised by the Board of Directors of Duc Giang Chemical Club and was given an apartment worth about 800 million VND by the team's boss Dao Huu Huyen.

Recently, after defeating the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3-1 to enter the women's volleyball semi-finals for the first time in the history of participating in the ASIAD, Bich Thuy and her teammates were awarded 200 million VND by the Vietnam Volleyball Federation (VFV).

The best one-legged blocker in Vietnamese women's volleyball is now ready to conquer new successes with her teammates.