Asian runner-up & income is different from maid

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 asked to retire because her income was too bad.

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

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

The income is thought to be "impressive" but 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 walking athlete with a collection of achievements and having won a ticket to the Olympics and won a silver medal in Asia, but it is also inferior to the level of all members of the National Athletics Team, when no one receives less than 10 million VND/month.

It is even worse because Phuc is also a rare player in this sport who is considered a star, 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 could be completed in 4 years, but Phuc did not know when it would be possible. Every year, Phuc had to retake dozens of subjects and was always in a rush. It would probably 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 of Phuc's income, despite his 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 in some years amounted to 30-40 million, meaning that it consumed all of her salary and bonus for the entire year. Phuc even had to borrow money to have enough money to attend a course and re-exam.

Because she was so discouraged with the sad reality that lasted for so long, right before the National Sports Festival, Vietnam's "walking queen", Thanh Phuc, suddenly asked to leave 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 leave the walking path, even though he is only 24 years old and still in good health.

According to thethao24h