The Vietnam Volleyball Federation has announced that Japanese volleyball expert H.Irisawa has received an invitation to become the new coach of the national women’s volleyball team.

He will begin working as coach as of August 2017.

Irisawa has signed a one-year contract with the Vietnam Volleyball Federation.

During the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament-VTV Cup in July, the women’s volleyball team lost to Indonesia, and were only able to get the bronze medal.

Coach Nguyen Quoc Vu then resigned.

The first task of the new coach is to help the squad prepare for the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia.

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