Local Heroes TV Show (Vietnam)

Led by presenter & professional sports personality Marcus John, Local Heroes engages with each country it travels to through sporting passions.Giving audiences a deeper insight into the lifestyles, people and cultures of each new place it finds itself in.

Sun-kissed and shaggy-haired, Nguyen Thai Binh swaps his flip flops for bulky boots ahead of snowboarding practice on the sand dunes of southern Vietnam -- the unlikely training ground for the country's fledgling winter athletes with mountain-sized ambitions.

Binh is one of Vietnam's top snowboarders, pioneering a push to boost winter sports in Southeast Asia where snowfall is virtually unheard of.But it's been an uphill battle for athletes like him facing funding shortfalls, lack of public interest and few training facilities, namely snowy mountains.