Nasrin Akter, Beauty Ray and Diya Siddique faced Vietnamese trio Nguyet Do Thi Anh, Thi Ngoc Ha and Nhi Nguyen Thi Thanh in the women's recurve.

The Bangladeshi team got off to a flying start but started to falter in the latter stages.

However, Vietnam were unable to capitalise and their opponents prevailed 51-46, 57-52, 53-54, 53-53 to make history.

"This is the first time we have won a medal at the Asian Championships," said Nasrin, as reported by The Independent.

"We practised at a stretch for one year and were never on vacation

"All three of us have done well here just by concentrating on the match and training."

Bangladesh were dumped out of the competition 6-0 by favourites South Korea in the semi-final.

Mohammad Hakim Ahmed Rubel, Ram Krishna Saha and Mohammad Ruman Shana strolled to a 6-2 victory against Kazakhstan's Ilfat Abdullin, Sanzhar Mussayev and Dauletkeldi Zhangbyrbay in the men's recurve.

The 54-51, 56-53, 55-57, 57-54 result capped off a memorable day for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh then fell to its first defeat in what turned out to be a comfortable win for India in the men's compound.

Aman Saini, Abhishkek Verma and Rishabh Yadav posted a score of 235 to see off Mohammad Ashikuzzaman, Nawaz Ahmed Rakib and Mohammed Sohel Rana's 223-point haul.

Kazakhstan's Viktoriya Lyan, Diana Makarchuk and Roxana Yunussova then claimed the final bronze of the day in the women's compound with a 220-208 win against Priya Gurjar, Parneet Kaur and Jyothi Surekha Vennam.

Tomorrow sees the conclusion of the compound team finals with the individual men's and women's compound finalists also set to be decided.