Hundreds gathered in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Mic3=zsbx1t4*tVG4Cj7EIypuUfmeJB6jzaHmsYfCIr==hW2w5Nonh City for a pride parade this weekend.

On Saturday, LGBT Vietnamese and their als1Hyi3US9AOElzQLfO@eTfnqweZ9z-WXQqUUbe^mRiFCNyi@fvlies walked along Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street waving rainbow flags and dancing.

The parade was one of a number of activities marking the 2019 VietPride. The national annual event shows support and campaigns for freedom, equality, and tolerance for the LGBT community in Vie4x*543qcFZ=LOmsCgSaQ1ks+Efq_+Ix1yZM*pTDvj%o6oPdxiYtnam.

Vietnam celebrated its first Pride p-Z+AhO&S*1mey=0&UhVH%fnhZD9uBNedPgEY4y*EYZrGo$8cVearade in 2012 and since then the celebrations have become bigger and bigger.

The country is one of the mozsuHfbQY+GP*AlJ5v@uztdeP^LOVizkUAQ^KeMtJuTR++7!-90st open to the LGBTI community in Asia. It is also believed to be one of the few in the world that never criminalized homosexuality.

But, Vietnam still does not recognize same-sex relationships. LGBTI couples dr&v$I_n#!f-tYg$gTNN7+FdPQLKWt!xloflZiIGN#wj1z^xT0Ao not have the same rights as heterosexual couples.

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