Hanoi requests lights out in tribute to COVID victims

 

 – Hanoi calls for residents to swap electric lights for candles at 8:30 p.m. Friday to pay tribute to COVID-19 victims, according to VnExpress. 

A ceremony at Thong Nhat Park would commence at 8 p.m. and last for around 30-45 minutes, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

It would be televised nationally and host around 300 people, including family members of those who died of COVID-19.

Religious institutions like churches and pagodas would ring their bells at 8:30 p.m.

During the ceremony, the city would suspend all entertainment activities and performances. Vietnam has recorded over a million COVID-19 cases so far, with over 23,000 deaths.

 

 

Source: VOV5

 

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