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The custom of visiting pagodas during the Lunar New Year, or Tet, has been preserved among overseas Vietnamese in Laos. They not only visit pagodas to pray for good health, happiness, and good fortune in the year ahead, but also to preserve traditional Vietnamese customs.
According
to Vo Trong Nam, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports,
a
photo exhibition on Vietnam’s border areas at Lam Son Park in District 1 will
kick off activities on April 26.
On April 28,
an exchange with witnesses of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign is scheduled. The campaign
liberated the south of Vietnam, paving the way for the country’s independence and reunification after 21 years of separation.
There will
also be ceremonies to bestow the Hero of People’s Armed Forces title upon recipients
and to announce the Prime Minister’s decisions on recognising Can Gio district as
Members of Vietnam men’s futsal team (in red) vie for the ball (Photo: AFC)
Hanoi (VNA)
–
Vietnam men’s futsal team is to join playoffs together with Thailand, Lebanon
and Iraq, to determine the final two slots for Asia at the FIFA Futsal World
Cup Lithuania 2021.
The playoffs will be
held at a centralised venue no later than June.
In the current Asia
rankings, Vietnam stand at the ninth place, while Thailand rank third, Lebanon
sixth and Iraq 11th.
In a recent
announcement, the
Asia Football Confederation (AFC) said that only the top
three recurring teams of the
most recent AFC Futsal Championship’s edition, which are Iran, Japan and Uzbekistan, will be nominated as the AFC’s