Binh "Binny" Nguyen was devastated when his university basketball season was cancelled during Manitoba's second wave of the pandemic in October. Coaches from the Saigon Heat, a professional basketball team in Vietnam's biggest city, asked if he'd be interested in flying out to play in this year's season. "It's been my dream ever since I was a kid to play professional [basketball]," Nguyen told CBC's Information Radio host Marjorie Dowhos from Saigon. Nguyen says he's excited to bring back what he learns playing professional basketball to his team at Winnipeg's Canadian Mennonite University. Nguyen said he's looking forward to "playing on the big stage" as basketball grows in popularity in Vietnam, and bringing back what he learns to his university team in Winnipeg.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2021 15:11 UTC