Vietnam Offers Bounty for Olympic Gold

Vietnam is not the sport powerhouse like the U.S., but it is so optimistic that it can earn a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing that it is offering a $5,000 bounty to the athlete who wins the country’s first ever gold medal. Vietnamese officials are also offering $2,500 award for any athlete that breaks an Olympic record. Vietnam has only won one Olympic medal in the 110-year history of the event.