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Article: Vietnam names 60 Olympic torchbearers in Ho Chi Minh City
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 28, 2008
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Vietnam names 60 Olympic torchbearers in Ho Chi Minh City
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Sixty people,
including Vietnamese officials, sports trainers, athletes and
outstanding youths have been selected as torchbearers of the Beijing
Olympic torch relay slated for April 29 in Vietnam's biggest city of
Ho Chi Minh.
The first torchbearer is Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, vice mayor of Ho Chi
Minh City and also chairperson of the Organizing Board of Beijing
Olympic Games Torch Relay in the city.
"I am proud of being the first torchbearer, and also feel the
great responsibility upon me as head of the torch relay organizing
board," she told Xinhua on Monday.
She ...