The International Women's Volleyball Tournament, VTV Eximbank Cup, will start on Saturday in Ninh Binh Province.—File Photo

HA NOI (VNS)– The International Women's Volleyball Tournament, VTV Eximbank Cup, will start on Saturday in Ninh Binh Province.

Six teams, Viet Nam, Thailand, Australia, Kazakhstan and China's Jiangsu and Shandong, will compete in a round-robin format. The four best will advance to the semi-finals.The final match will be held on July 20.

The first-prize winners will take away US$10,000, one fifth higher than in the nine previous tournaments.

Tran Duc Phan, secretary of the Viet Nam Volleyball Federation, said the members of the Viet Nam team would take part in December's 27th South-east Asia Games. – VNS