Teenager receives IOC scholarship

The Vietnam Olympic Committee has chosen teenager Nguyen Hoang Thien as the beneficiary of scholarship granted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Vietnam Olympic Committee has chosen teenager Nguyen Hoang Thien as the beneficiary of scholarship granted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Thien, 15, who clinched the first ever International Tennis Federation Under-18 crown two years ago, is expected to receive 600 USD each month in preparation for the 2012 London Olympics.

He has just resumed playing after five months recovering from a shoulder injury in France./.

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