At the event (Photo: VNA) Quang Binh (VNA) – The International Day of Yoga (June 21) took placein the central province of Quang Binh for the first time on July 29.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Director of the provincial Departmentof Culture and Sports Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy said the province is now home toover 40 yoga clubs. The event enabled local residents to understand more about yoga and the Indian culture, and to popularise Quang Binh’s fitness and sports movement, as well as itspotential and strengths to India, thus contributing to fostering culturalexchange and friendship between the two countries.
Roshan Lepcha, Political and InformationCounsellor at the Embassy of India, hailed Vietnam as a co-sponsor ofthe United Nations resolution establishing the International Day of Yoga, and animportant partner of India in celebrating the International Day of Yoga overthe past years.
Over the past two months, the embassy has held activities inresponse to the event in 35 Vietnamese cities and provinces, which attracted alarge number of yoga lovers, he said.
At the event, a 40-minute mass performance of yoga attracted theparticipation of Counsellor Lepcha, yoga coaches and 300 yogapractitioners.
On December 11, 2014, the UN General Assembly designated June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, a 5,000-year-old physicaland mental exercise in India which has become increasingly popular./.
