There is no story about the Vietnamese Gymnastics team forcing athletes to cut their bonus money.

Previously, Nhu Phuong spoke up to accuse her coach of forcing her to cut her medal bonus. Phuong had to share a percentage of the bonus with her direct coach in charge of the Gymnastics Department at the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center.

In this livestream, the two sisters recalled this story and affirmed that, although they regret having to retire from their career at such a young age, Phuong did not want to return to the national team because she was disappointed with how the coach treated her.

Phuong said: " Over the years, for every medal I won, the unwritten rule is that I have to pay back 10% of the bonus to my coach. Gold, silver, bronze medals, I have to pay everything. The more medal bonus money, the more I have to pay. The time I won 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at the 32nd SEA Games was the time I had to pay the most." According to the athlete born in 2003, for every medal I won, in addition to 10% income tax, she had to pay an additional 10% to her coach, Ms. NTD - one of the two coaches directly in charge of her at the Gymnastics Department of the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center. To be more specific, the Gymnastics Department at the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center is completely different from the national Gymnastics team, managed by the Hanoi National Sports Training Center.

On the same day, the leaders of the Department of Sports and Physical Training requested the Hanoi National Sports Training Center to work with the coaching staff of the Vietnam gymnastics team to clarify the incident. Sharing with the press, Mr. Bui Trung Thien - Head of Gymnastics - Department of Sports and Physical Training said that there was no such thing as forcing athletes to share bonus money in the national gymnastics team.

Under the direction of the Department of Sports and Physical Training, the Vietnam Gymnastics Federation worked with the team's coaching staff on the afternoon of January 15. Information from the meeting that just ended said that all members of the women's gymnastics team's coaching staff confirmed that there was no such thing as forcing athletes to share bonus money in the national team. Head coach of the women's gymnastics team Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy also confirmed: "There is no such thing as forcing athletes to share bonus money in the national team. And the same goes for Pham Nhu Phuong's case, there is absolutely no such thing as the national team collecting a percentage of the bonus money from this athlete."

Regarding the reason why Pham Nhu Phuong was removed from the national team training list in 2024, Mr. Bui Trung Thien emphasized: "No one removed anyone. The disciplinary action against Nhu Phuong is by Hanoi (the athlete's management unit). In December 2023, Nhu Phuong asked for leave but did not have the consent of the coaching staff or the Hanoi National Sports Training Center. To ask for leave, you must have a permit and a decision, because it is related to timekeeping and salary, not just asking for leave and then quitting. On the national team side, in early 2024, they started selecting athletes to join the training camp, but he has not returned from abroad. If an athlete does not come to train, it is impossible to let him join the national team. This is a national team, not a local team. There are also other coaching staff and athletes, not everyone who wants to quit can quit."

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