Beijing Olympic torch paraded Vietnam
It has been a while since my last blog entry. Last month I resigned from the company where I worked for nearly 9 years and started a new path in my career at a young and dynamic new company.
My new office is located near the airport and approximately 7 minutes driving from my house. Yesterday, Tuesday the 29th of April, the 7 minutes became 1.5 hours. When I left the office the streets were blocked. There was no chance that I could drive. There were hundreds of policemen on motorbikes and huge amounts of cheering people. The reason: The Beijing Olympic flame had arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnamese government has done all they could to make the global torch relay a success. Thousands of Vietnamese were obvious proud that for the first time in history the Olympic flame had arrived in the city.
The torch was carried from the Opera House, located in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, to the Military Zone 7 competition hall where the official torch relay ceremony took place. The distance is approximately 12km and some prominent people, including Vietnamese officials, athletes and pop star My Tam were selected to bear the torch.
The event in Ho Chi Minh City was a great success. It was also the last leg of the Olympic flame’s global journey outside of China.
Marcel
