Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a clinic for female footballers delivered by the CommBank Young Matildas players and coaching staff in Hanoi on June 4, 2023. Mai Duc Chung, and the Vietnam Women’s National Football Team, and acted as a send-off for the team ahead of their European camp before they travel to New Zealand for their FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 group stage matches. It is the essence of sports diplomacy, and football is unique amongst the Australian sporting landscape as the most global amongst all other Australian codes