Asian runner-up & what is the difference between maid's income?

Right before the 2014 National Sports Festival, the whole of Da Nang was shocked when Vietnam's number 1 walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc suddenly retired from her career because her income was too poor.

Phuc's case has exposed a series of fundamental shortcomings of the place that was once considered an ideal destination for the entire TTVN.

Although he sounds very "cool", Phuc's total monthly income is less than 5 million VND.

The seemingly "impressive" income is less than 5 million VND

In 2010, when hosting the National Sports Festival, Da Nang made the whole country admire its breakthrough policy in recruiting and rewarding talents. For example, excellent players like Thanh Phuc will receive a monthly allowance of 2.5 million VND.

Of course, that is a good concern, but it still cannot guarantee the actual needs as well as the general level. Although he is very "impressive", Phuc's total monthly income is less than 5 million VND. It is not only a great injustice for a walker with a collection of achievements and has won a ticket to the Olympics, won a silver medal in Asia, but also lower than the level of all members of the National Athletics Team, when no one receives less than 10 million VND/month.

It's even worse because Phuc is also a rare star athlete in this sport, not allowed to train abroad, and only has 1-2 tournaments to compete in each year. Phuc himself accepts the disadvantages, even the injustice, but Phuc cannot help but be distracted when many units have frankly raised the issue of special status on the payroll, doubling or even tripling the current income, just by nodding.

The horror of having to retake classes and exams

Thanh Phuc is currently a student at the Da Nang University of Physical Education and Sports. In reality, the program is only 4 years long, but "it feels like it drags on for decades, like a nightmare."

Firstly, due to the continuous training and competition, in theory, it can be completed in 4 years, but Phuc does not know when it will be possible. Every year, Phuc has to retake dozens of subjects and is always in a rush. Perhaps, it will take her at least 7-8 years to get a bachelor's degree to become a coach.

More importantly, the financial hardship was that all his income, despite Phuc's best efforts, was not enough to pay for his studies and retake the exam. Phuc's training for the competition was a national duty, but it caused his studies to be constantly interrupted, but when he returned, the school only considered him a normal student without caring about the reason.

Despite this, Phuc still had to pay tuition and re-exam fees, which sometimes amounted to 30-40 million VND, meaning that it consumed all of her salary and bonus for the entire year. Phuc even had to borrow money to attend a course and re-exam.

Because she was so discouraged with the sad reality that lasted so long, right before the National Sports Festival, Vietnam's "walking queen", Thanh Phuc suddenly asked to retire from her career to focus on studying at school as planned, without having to pay tens of millions of dong to retake classes and retake exams. It was not a "threat" but Phuc's truly serious intention.

If there is no breakthrough change, perhaps after being persuaded by the leaders to attend the Congress, Phuc will still decide to say goodbye to walking, even though he is only 24 years old and in good health.

According to thethao24h