People still say - funny but true, after a year of hard work, the anticipation in the last days of the year filled with emotions, before the time to rest for Tet, is a bonus from the agency, company, unit. Some places are fine, some places are still difficult, some places even give gifts in kind... but no matter what, each fee, each gift is a certain supplement in the time of skyrocketing prices.
The bonus helps each family have more items, peach blossoms, kumquat trees, typical products of Tet... This year, the national men's football team players are said to have the happiest and biggest Tet, after winning the 2024 ASEAN Championship. Even though it is not an "annual" bonus, their Tet is still considered prosperous...
But there are also people who are sad when talking about bonuses. It's not about Tet bonuses. It's about bonuses from the achievements they have achieved in the past few years. The story of the canoeing athlete who participated in the 2024 Olympics asking to stop training because he hasn't received his bonus from 2022 as well as the nutritional support money in 2024 is the first "scratch" of Vietnamese sports in 2025. Nutrition support money is a fixed regime, if the unit or locality has difficulties, it's okay, but this is the achievement bonus after each tournament! Especially when it takes place in such a period of time.
The specific situation is not discussed, but it also shows once again that the development of our country's sports cannot be achieved by just attention and empty words. Someone may say "money is not the most important thing" but money is needed to solve many things. Investment in sports has not been at the expected level, and financial resources to encourage and maintain motivation for athletes have not been maintained at a minimum level.
Returning to achievements, everyone is happy, but the difficulties and hardships to gain glory or the sadness behind are almost all borne by the athletes... Such things should not - cannot be the beginning of a new year, the beginning of an era of self-improvement!
