Fifty-five teams from the Mekong Delta provinces of
Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Kien Giang participated in the
Long Boat Race Festival of the Khmer people in Soc Trang Province from
November 23 to 25.
The 22-member team of Nai Hien Dong won the men''s
7.5km Traditional Boat Race in the Han River yesterday, while the
women''s team from Hai Chau District won the 5km race.
Binh Thuan won the men''s 1,000m event at The
National Dragon Boat Race Championship which took place on the Con Son
Lake of the Con Son-Kiep Bac Tourism Site in Chi Linh Commune yesterday.
Hue held a boat race yesterday on the Perfume River to celebrate National Day.Eight men''s and women''s teams competed on the race in front of the imperial palace in the former capital city.
Hue authorities yesterday held a boat race on Perfume River to celebrate May Day.Eight boat teams from Hue and its outskirts competed on the 3km of the river that runs through the former capital city.
Thousands of spectators on either banks of the Hau
River, a tributary of the Mekong, cheered wildly as some 50 teams from
several Mekong Delta provinces vied with each other to win the Ngo Boat
Race held in Soc Trang Province yesterday.
