In the match between U23 Malaysia and U23 Cambodia in Thien Truong Stadium. (Photo: VNA)
Nam Dinh (VNA)– Foreign reporters said they have been strongly impressed with the footballatmosphere at Thien Truong Stadium in the northern province of Nam Dinh, which has hosted Group B men's football matches and a semi-final of the 31st SoutheastAsian Games (SEA Games 31).
Reporter Deepannaj A CGanesan of Singapore said this is the first time he has worked at a SEA Games, andhe was very impressed with the vibrant football atmosphere in Thien Truong Stadium.
Every match in thestadium was really a football "party", he said.
Meanwhile, Malaysian reporter Mohd Fahmi Ismail said the local authorities haveprepared so well for football teams attending SEA Games 31.
Ahmad Nazrin SyahmiMohamad Arif, another reporter from Malaysia, said that he is well disposed to local people because of their friendliness and hospitality.
According to the reporters,the stadium was always full of audiences in all the matches that took placethere. Football fans in Nam Dinh were amazing, and they cheered very professionally.
Not only foreignreporters, head coaches of the men’s football teams have also expressed theirimpressions at the football atmosphere at the stadium.
Coach Michael Weiss ofU23 Laos said every time the team played, there were a lot of spectators cheeringfor them. He thanked Nam Dinh’s footballfans for their special encouragement for his team.
Thien Truong Stadium, with a seat capacity of30,000, has always been full of spectators during matches that start at 7pm,and attracted over 10,000 people in each match starting on 4pm.
The SEA Games 31 organising committee inNam Dinh hoped that football fans would continue cheering for the teams in the nextmatches./.
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The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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In the match between U23 Malaysia and U23 Cambodia in Thien Truong Stadium. (Photo: VNA) 
