Star basketball player on personal motivation to learn Vietnamese
Waale, also known as Dinh Khai Tam, answered a fan’s question about why he was unable to speak Vietnamese fluently despite growing up in Vietnam. He has a Vietnamese mother and a Danish father. He lived in Vietnam before relocating to Denmark when he was in high school. “I went to international schools when I was a kid and only spoke English,” Waale explained. “I also talked to my parents in English at home. “My mother tried to teach me Vietnamese, but I was too lazy to learn.” The 24-year-old player said he later regretted it when he was unable to communicate with his grandparents when visiting them in northern Thai Nguyen Province during the Lunar New Year holiday. “Even though I was never able to talk to my grandmother again after she passed away, I was determined to learn Vietnamese,” he said. Tim Waale shares his motivation to learn Vietnamese on his Instagram account. Photo: VBA Tuan Anh, the fan who asked Waale the question, thanked the player for his answer,...