Love in the air at gay pride parade in Ho Chi Minh City. The parade is part of a month-long series of nationwide events
A giant six-band rainbow flag is seen at the pride parade on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, September 24, 2017. Photo: Tuoi TreHo Chi Minh City’s LGBT community took to downtown Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street on Sunday for a pride parade to demonstrate love and campaign for equality.
The parade was part of the 2017 VietPride series of events, which include multiple parades throughout Vietnam to show support and campaign for equality for Vietnam’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
The annual VietPride was first organized in Hanoi in 2012, before growing to become a nationwide event joined by tens of thousands every year.
This year, VietPride is celebrated in 35 provinces and cities across Vietnam between July 29 and October 1.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the pride parade on Sunday afternoon was joined by over 2,000 people, who proudly waved rainbow flags as they marched through Nguyen Hue in the city center.
“It’s definitely a liberating and exciting event, as it allows me to be true to myself and make new friends,” said Tran Thanh Thien, a 21-year-old undergraduate student from Ho Chi Minh City.
Foreign tourists and locals who happened to be at the venue were also glad to show their support by joining the parade.
“The society’s view [on the LGBT community] is much more open now compared to the past,” said Mai Thuy, who traveled with her family from southern Tay Ninh Province to take part in the parade.
“I think we should show our support and be inclusive of people from the LGBT community instead of discriminating against them.”
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius – an openly gay diplomat – and his husband were among those who participated in the parade.
Below are the colors of love captured by a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporter at the pride parade at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on September 24, 2017.
- By Tuoi Tre News September 25, 2017, 11:58 GMT+7
A giant six-band rainbow flag is seen at the pride parade on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, September 24, 2017. Photo: Tuoi TreHo Chi Minh City’s LGBT community took to downtown Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street on Sunday for a pride parade to demonstrate love and campaign for equality.
The parade was part of the 2017 VietPride series of events, which include multiple parades throughout Vietnam to show support and campaign for equality for Vietnam’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
The annual VietPride was first organized in Hanoi in 2012, before growing to become a nationwide event joined by tens of thousands every year.
This year, VietPride is celebrated in 35 provinces and cities across Vietnam between July 29 and October 1.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the pride parade on Sunday afternoon was joined by over 2,000 people, who proudly waved rainbow flags as they marched through Nguyen Hue in the city center.
“It’s definitely a liberating and exciting event, as it allows me to be true to myself and make new friends,” said Tran Thanh Thien, a 21-year-old undergraduate student from Ho Chi Minh City.
Foreign tourists and locals who happened to be at the venue were also glad to show their support by joining the parade.
“The society’s view [on the LGBT community] is much more open now compared to the past,” said Mai Thuy, who traveled with her family from southern Tay Ninh Province to take part in the parade.
“I think we should show our support and be inclusive of people from the LGBT community instead of discriminating against them.”
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius – an openly gay diplomat – and his husband were among those who participated in the parade.
Below are the colors of love captured by a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporter at the pride parade at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on September 24, 2017.
Lesbian couple celebrates wedding on Vietjet flight By Thanh Binh, -
Tang Ai Linh (R) and Pham Thi Thanh Phuong exchange wedding rings on a Vietjet flight on Valentine Day.
Passengers on the Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok flight on Valentine Day today were so surprised to join the wedding party of Tang Ai Linh and her partner Pham Thi Thanh Phuong. The couple, in bride gown and broom suit, put the rings on each other’s fingers as they made the vow to love and live with each other forever. Then they cut the wedding cake and kissed passionately amid the cheers of passengers and the bridesmaids from Vietjet staffs. Linh and Phuong said they have seen many joyful shows on Vietjet airplanes and they wanted their wedding to be one of those.
The couple with Vietjet bridesmaids. They went to meet representatives of Vietjet asking to hold their wedding party on one of its flights and they were so happy to receive more than a yes. The airline sponsored all the wedding cost and also gifted them a honeymoon trip to Thailand, the region’s most gay-friendly country. Linh and Phuong, who have been together for 13 years, said the celebrity gay wedding of fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan and businessman Son Doan last month, weeks after Vietnam lifted the ban on same-sex marriage (wedding), inspired them to exhibit their love publicly.
Tang Ai Linh (R) and Pham Thi Thanh Phuong exchange wedding rings on a Vietjet flight on Valentine Day.
Passengers on the Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok flight on Valentine Day today were so surprised to join the wedding party of Tang Ai Linh and her partner Pham Thi Thanh Phuong. The couple, in bride gown and broom suit, put the rings on each other’s fingers as they made the vow to love and live with each other forever. Then they cut the wedding cake and kissed passionately amid the cheers of passengers and the bridesmaids from Vietjet staffs. Linh and Phuong said they have seen many joyful shows on Vietjet airplanes and they wanted their wedding to be one of those.
The couple with Vietjet bridesmaids. They went to meet representatives of Vietjet asking to hold their wedding party on one of its flights and they were so happy to receive more than a yes. The airline sponsored all the wedding cost and also gifted them a honeymoon trip to Thailand, the region’s most gay-friendly country. Linh and Phuong, who have been together for 13 years, said the celebrity gay wedding of fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan and businessman Son Doan last month, weeks after Vietnam lifted the ban on same-sex marriage (wedding), inspired them to exhibit their love publicly.
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