Hundreds gathered in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City for a pride -lqguSNOoRjpt9RU8IY)R4-nP!#U5P$Mjcf&oXx2ms+zf)67tQparade this weekend.

On Saturday, LGBT Vietnamese and their allies walked along Nguyen fcK6A4Hj8_@W#C^SZyMZn762kJjvyfoW5On9_f3I1rO0z8cITKHue 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 tSEtO6WcDVJvKS0X-8v9p3NJwxAd)3hdb)5tjl9O&y381nHb9uQhe LGBT community in Vietnam.

Vietnam celebrated its first Pride paradeoSZaJQsQCwQX1P5=@uW^KALCA*!=ukzDk9PI-WLUs&304bgi)Q in 2012 and since then the celebrations have become bigger and bigger.

The country is one of the most open to the LGBTI communiUrfhn@E&M5=m2habRtpw#c_(NrE)TY8oPKijhmX*oGO=YcXNozty 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-sexChmalXr)XX@N^OqBu!xU7RNTWBcsWK)dj0l2aXtzkvM1fb)(Qw relationships. LGBTI couples do not have the same rights as heterosexual couples.

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