Unbeaten Thailand and formidable Japan respectively captured the top spots in Pool A and Pool B after completion of the pool round-robin preliminaries of the “SMM” 5th AVC Cup for Women at the Vinh Phuc Gymnasium here on Friday.

Thailand lived up to all expectations as the world No.14 and 2012 champions overcame a sluggish start to pull off a convincing straight-set 28-26 25-18 25-22 victory over Vietnam in their second Pool A preliminary clash of the “SMM” 5th AVC Cup for Women