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1st International Yoga Day held in Vietnam's HCM City

Xinhua, June 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Consulate General of India on Sunday organized the first International Day of Yoga in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of over 3,000 foreign and Vietnamese people, local online newspaper Thanh Nien ( Young People) News reported.

The event is part of the 2015 International Day of Yoga held simultaneously in many cities worldwide after the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. At the Ho Chi Minh City event, the Vietnam Book of Records organization recognized a record for the biggest number of people practicing yoga at a time in the country.

Yoga practitioners will feel a harmony in his or her body and mind, in which everything seems to blend together, regardless of race, religion, and ethnicity, and studies have shown that yoga works to heal the mind and body, said Smita Pant, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City. Pant called for yoga centers to run classes for free for one month. Endi