The workshop to contribute ideas to build a program to develop key sports to prepare for the Olympics and Asiads for the 2026-2046 period recently held with 2 highlights from the opinions of former Director of the Department of High Performance Sports and many times Head of the Vietnam Sports Delegation at many international events Nguyen Hong Minh. One is to completely abandon setting targets at the SEA Games. Two is to reduce the number of key subjects for investment.
Without needing statistics, it can be said that many opinions agree with the issue related to the SEA Games. "Sorrying" here does not mean not caring, not determined to win medals or positions when competing, but when the level of Vietnamese athletes is already at the "low", the Southeast Asian Sports Festival should only be considered as a foundation, even an opportunity to develop young athletes, train them for the future, while athletes are "hard" in key sports that need training and competition at many higher-level international events.
Similarly, it is the matter of reducing the number of key investment items. In addition to the example of strong sports countries that do not invest in more than 10 sports, experts Nguyen Hong Minh can also calculate to see that key investments do not necessarily clearly demonstrate their importance.
The figure of VND4,000 billion is considered large, but is reserved for a period of 20 years. So when divided by average, each year is about 180 billion VND. And then, that 180 billion VND was divided into 17 subjects. Will investment really be much better than previous years? While world sports are developing more and more rapidly and strongly, can Vietnamese sports narrow the gap with investment considered scattered right in key options?
It is also easy to see that most of the subjects chosen as the focus are individual competition subjects, some of which require huge investment in equipment. The Olympic medals of Vietnamese sports before now are also individual (shooting, boxing, taekwondo). Therefore, not only in terms of expertise, investment must also be comprehensive in developing athletes in terms of courage and mentality. That is difficult, but certain to have the opportunity to find a medal.
