Vietnam Talent Development Fund awards scholarships to 12 national athletes

These are athletes with high achievements, winning national and international medals, currently training and practicing at the Ho Chi Minh City National Training Center, Thu Duc City. Accordingly, each athlete will receive tuition support for the remaining years at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Physical Education and Sports. The total cost of the Vietnam Talent Development Fund's support this time is 600 million VND.

Mr. Le Nguyen Hoa - Director of Vietnam Talent Development Fund - awarded scholarships to 12 athletes.

At the scholarship awarding ceremony for 12 athletes, Director of the Vietnam Talent Development Fund, Mr. Le Nguyen Hoa, said: " The Vietnam Talent Development Fund always seeks and creates conditions for talents in many different fields, including sports , to reduce worries in daily life to focus on competing fully to bring glory to the country ."

In coordination with the Board of Directors of the Ho Chi Minh City National Training Center, the Vietnam Talent Development Fund has decided to award scholarships to 12 athletes this time.

These are all athletes who come from difficult circumstances but strive to overcome themselves, both training and competing at the highest level, and trying to improve their education. We hope that with this scholarship, they will be empowered to persistently pursue their passion, compete well, achieve high results, and become the 'bright gems' of Vietnamese sports ."

Nhat Nam is fencing with three edges at the 2024 Asian Championships in Kuwait (athlete on the left of the photo).

As one of the 12 athletes receiving scholarships this time, the gold medalist in fencing at the 2023 SEA Games, Hoang Nhat Nam, confided: “ My father is a delivery man but he is old so his income is not abundant. My mother has degenerative spine disease and cannot do heavy work, she mainly stays at home.

I have to send most of my salary back to my parents to help cover my living expenses, so every time it is time to pay my tuition, I have to run around and borrow money everywhere. To earn more income, in addition to my practice time, I also sell things online every day. Although it is not much, only about 1-3 million per month, that amount of money helps me buy the necessary items for my daily life.

Therefore, when I received the news that the Vietnam Talent Development Fund had approved and sponsored a scholarship for the remaining 3 years of university, I was extremely happy. The scholarship is a strong source of encouragement, helping me continue my studies and pursue bigger dreams ."

Sharing the joy with Nhat Nam, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran, a girl with great potential in the Vietnamese boxing world, tearfully held in her hand the board receiving a scholarship of 60 million VND, equivalent to tuition for 3 years of university, and shared:

“My family has four members but I am the only one who is the main economic pillar. The athlete’s salary is not much but I still try to support my family and study at university to have a better professional knowledge foundation and that is also the gateway for me to become a coach when I am no longer old enough to compete. Although I really want to work part-time, because I am a national team athlete, I have a lot of training time, have to go to many places for training and competition so I cannot arrange it .”

Ngoc Tran won a match against a Hungarian boxer at the 2023 World Championships in India

“ To have enough 8 million VND for tuition fees each semester, I had to work hard to save for many months. There were times when I wanted to give up, but I was determined not to give up, to study and stay in the profession until the end. Therefore, I am very happy and grateful to receive a scholarship from the Fund. The scholarship is important and helps me a lot in my journey to pursue my sports career.

I also want to tell athletes with difficult circumstances to try to practice to achieve good results in competitions, try to study to have the opportunity to receive scholarship support from the Vietnam Talent Development Fund like me ," Tran said.

Not only giving valuable scholarships, the Vietnam Talent Development Fund has also sponsored nutrition courses for athletes training at the National Sports Training Center in Ho Chi Minh City. The training sessions are all taught directly by experts from the Nutrition Research Institute in Ho Chi Minh City (NRI).

Through the course, athletes were equipped with more nutritional knowledge to choose the right food, thereby helping to improve their physical condition and compete more sublimely. In addition, athletes also learned how to create a personal menu on Nuti Expert - a specialized software built by NRI so that they can "design" the most suitable nutritional menu for themselves.

Initiated by three famous businessmen and football bosses including: Mr. Doan Nguyen Duc - Chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group; Mr. Vo Quoc Thang - Chairman of Dong Tam Joint Stock Company and Mr. Tran Thanh Hai - Chairman of Nutifood Company; Vietnam Talent Development Fund will help foster talents to be trained and develop their strengths in many different fields such as: culture, arts, sports, etc.

Besides "incubating" talents, the Vietnam Talent Development Fund will also accompany and be present wherever society needs it.

The Fund's budget is drawn from the profits of the Ong Bau Coffee system. Accordingly, Ong Bau Coffee will deduct 1,000 VND from each drink sold to contribute directly to the Fund.

Ha An

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