In the moment of victory, Thu Nhi turned to the camera and shouted: "I'm from Vietnam", as she expressed that "I just want to scream so that everyone knows I'm from Vietnam and the rest of the world knows that Vietnamese boxers can also step up to the world's podium."

Excellently defeating Japanese former champion Etsuko Tada, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi became the first WBO world flyweight professional boxing champion in the history of Vietnamese boxing.