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Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of
the 80th anniversary of the traditional day of Vietnam's sports industry, 

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March 27, 1946, March 27, 2026, 

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The Sports Perspective program will look
back at the development steps of the country's sports, 

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from international achievements to
training and future orientation. 

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Accompanying the program is Dr. Duong
Duc Thuy, Former Head of Electrical Engineering Department, 

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Vietnam Sports Administration with
professional analyses and perspectives. 

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Hello Dr. Duong Duc Thuy! 

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Yes, hello MC Nguyen Ly, hello readers
of Lao Dong Newspaper. 

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Looking back at the 80-year journey,
according to him, what are the turning points of change? 

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has helped Vietnamese sports improve
training quality and achievements 

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in arenas such as the
Olympics, ASEAN and SEA Games. 

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Actually, after 80 years, Vietnamese
sports have made very strong progress. 

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and achieve very important milestones. 

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I remember about 4-50 years ago when
we started exercising 

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then Vietnamese sports only had about
15-16 sports. 

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But currently we have more than 40
sports, of which more than half 

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are Olympic sports. 

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Secondly, our achievements at that time
were still very low because we did not 

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have opportunities to rub shoulders. 

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Mainly countries in Northeast Asia, such
as China and North Korea. 

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As for other countries, we
do not have exchanges. 

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And now after 80 years of development we
have a system, 

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Sports federations and associations are
very developed and especially there are 

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even world-class sports. 

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As for MC Quyen Linh just shared, we
have not had a single SEA 

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Games medal yet. 

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until we get the medals
of the ASEAN Games. 

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And now we also own Olympic medals. 

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Well, those are very important
milestones in the journey, 

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80 years of development of Vietnamese sports. 

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So how do you assess the position of
Vietnamese sports in the region as well as in the continent? 

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and what are the limitations that need
to be improved to be able to move towards higher standards? 

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We have just discussed the limitations. 

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But if we assess the current situation,
according to my personal feelings 

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about Vietnamese sports, 

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in 45 countries and territories of Asia,
currently we can only tentatively be in 

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the top 20 or so. 

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In the top 20, 45 countries in the
territory, there are still many 

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countries above us, even
at the world level. 

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For example, China, Japan
or South Korea. 

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As for West Asian countries such as
India, Qatar, Jordan or some 

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Middle Eastern countries, 

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they have an economic foundation, so
they invest in sports very strongly. 

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Here we are not mentioning the import of
athletes from the black continent, 

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but only talking about state funding for
sports development. 

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Then in Central Asian countries, they
are also very focused. 

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We have also watched World Cups in areas
that are deserted or areas that are 

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almost rarely mentioned. 

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What about the Vietnamese sports
environment, we are integrating very 

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well in Southeast Asia and especially
the ASEAN Games, which is Asia. 

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But to compare with leading countries,
Vietnamese sports is still 

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quite far away. 

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And we need to have a strong investment
in the future. 

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Yes, specifically for classical studies,
according to his assessment, what 

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factors have helped this subject
maintain stable achievements in the region? 

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and is this development thanks to the
training system or to outstanding individuals? 

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Here we must mention both aspects, which
are the training system 

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and outstanding individuals. 

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However, in the recent period we will
see that, for example in the past 10-12 

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years, we have seen that 

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the thing about focusing on some
outstanding athletes, that is, those 

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with outstanding talents over other athletes 

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then there is a tendency to be more
invested in something that needs to be 

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concerned about other sports groups. 

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However, with a political task, when we
participate in game cars, we are forced 

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to be in good 1-3. 

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And even when he was still the manager,
head coach of the Olympic team, 

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then I also advised. 

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With the leadership, the leadership of
the General Department of Sports, that 

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is how in 48 events
of the jianxing sport, 

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we also have to choose out which
subjects, groups of subjects, and groups 

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of contents are suitable for people's
physical strength and stature. 

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And especially to fully exploit the
features, which are intelligence, 

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eagerness to learn, that is, the
elements of synthetic 

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analysis and technique. 

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While we have athletes, 

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In the past 3 periods I've been back
here, we're focusing on the 

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running door groups. 

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And thus, the groups of athletes in
dance or technical sports are 

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temporarily being ranked behind. 

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Here, there is an objective factor that
the initial selection and training work 

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at lower levels also
has more difficulties. 

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The second thing is that it requires, 

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and ask about the facilities. 

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According to your assessment, what
difficulties does Vietnamese Athletics 

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currently face in training, selection
work as well as accessing professional 

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standards at the Asian and Olympic levels? 

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Actually, a picture that can be said to
be a bit gray in terms of facilities as 

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we just discussed. 

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Right now national teams are in 3-4
centers, even high-level 

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training centers, 

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That is, the training center is
deserted, all the jewelry and 

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equipment has seriously deteriorated. 

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Beyond the level that we can call it
stopping now to take advantage of. 

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That is, everyone in Athletics only
thinks about the rubber court, 

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without thinking about running fences,
jump pits, high jump cushions, 

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jumping mattresses, all or even the sand
in the jumping pit, jumping away, 

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also need to be
regularly screened and changed. 

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Well, we are missing a lot. 

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The funding to renovate or can be
called restoration. 

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So at the national team level
it is like that, 

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then of course at the
provincial level, in localities, 

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especially localities that are
quite far away, 

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then the material facilities
are even weaker. 

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Then there's one more thing, which
is science and technology, 

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then as we also said at the beginning, 

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foreign language proficiency,
interaction skills of the coaches 

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specifically in cheat sheet training, 

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I am not talking about other subjects,
specifically the cheatmanship subject is still very limited. 

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And here, speaking of that, we see that
Thailand is a country right next to us. 

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And if on many newspapers, it is still
said that Thailand is almost 

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a direct opponent. 

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However, we understand that, 

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Thailand is currently stronger than us. 

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Because in all their sports they have
focused on training and focused on 

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Olympic sports groups. 

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In the Olympic sports groups, they also
have athletes who have achieved Olympic 

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standards, for example, right in Dien Kinh. 

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But in the last two Olympics, we have
been without standard athletes. 

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That is, training and other issues
affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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That is, training and other issues affecting the Olympics. 

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Yes, so in the next 5 to 10 years,
according to him, Vietnamese sports in 

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general and Athletics in particular 

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it is necessary to focus on what
solutions to be able to create progress 

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in achievements as well as international position. 

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For Vietnamese sports, I think we also
need to. 

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This is clearly defined by the leaders
of the Ministry and the leaders of the 

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Vietnam Sports Administration
with the departments. 

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That is to focus on some Olympic and
ASEAN Games sports to be 

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heavily invested in. 

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However, we must understand that when we
are currently living in the sports 

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environment of Vietnam, 

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when we talk about Olympic sports, we
only mention some basic sports such as 

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athletics, swimming, shooting,
gymnastics, weightlifting, badminton. 

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But if you are interested in world
sports, you just need to search Google 

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for Olympic sports 2028, 2032 

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then there will be subjects. 

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There are many sports that are currently
not available in Vietnam or 

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are being called primitive. 

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Of course, there are factors that
investing in these sports 

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is very costly. 

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Regarding athletics, as I just shared,
we also have to consider some emerging 

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trends, open trends. 

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For example, in the past, there was a 50
km walk at the Olympics. 

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But now ASEAN Games has started to
include, including walking 50 km. 

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Even the women's walking event has
begun to increase. 

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It's not just 20 km as before anymore,
but it has increased to maybe 30, even 

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in the future maybe 50. 

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But here I want to focus on one more
thing, which is that walking is the 

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sport that we have had 2
Olympics with athletes meeting standards. 

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But now it is being invested
very, very low. 

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The number of athletes participating in
this sport, in this event in national 

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championships and especially in national
sports festivals is also only about 

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10 athletes for localities. 

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And like that, the ratio of competition
against each other, the ratio to select 

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athletes who are likely to achieve high
results in the near future at the SEA 

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Games is already very low. 

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The second task for geometry is that in
48 contents, we must aim for the 

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selection in the group of technical
subjects as I just discussed 

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in the first part. 

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Of course, saying that does not mean we
are relaxing other subject groups, but 

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there is clearly specialized treatment. 

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For example, the group of subjects,
heavy contents such as hammer throwing, 

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weightlifting, spear throwing, geodesy
throwing, we are only struggling 

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for technical subjects. 

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Staggering in the medal gap, the bronze
medal at the SEA Games, it is really 

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difficult to reach the Olympic standard. 

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Of course, we are not letting go. Then
the federation should also bite that part. 

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Technical subject groups that once had a
golden age such as high jump, men and 

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women, long jump, men and women, triple
jump, men and women. 

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Then at this moment, we only have 1 or 2
athletes in each SEA Games and are only 

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in the top of medal competitions. 

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Not yet having outstanding achievements
like Hue Hoa, like Vu Thi Men who 

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once overcame 14m. 

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Even only about 7-8cm is missing in the
3-step jump event to reach 

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the Olympic standard. 

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So it's the experience in more than 20
years of managing the track sport as 

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well as directly involved in coaching 

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then I have the opinion that we should
aim for technical subject groups. 

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Of course, it will require
yards and equipment. 

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But it's not so much that we have to
build a whole gymnasium. 

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We could get sand chips, jumping planks,
the rubber surface of the runway, right? 

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Then there are technical analysis input
systems so that athletes can contemplate 

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after 1 implementation. 

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can always feel what I feel when flying
in space, when I look in 3 

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dimensions how it is. 

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Yes, thank you for the sharing just
now from Dr. Duong Duc Thuy. 

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have just
listened to the sharing of Dr. Duong Duc Thuy 

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about the development steps of national
sports, as well as training and future orientation. 

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By this time, the time allocated to the program has also run out. 

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Hello and see you in the next sports views.