The event also provides Vietnamese players with a valuable opportunity to gain international experience, sharpen their skills, and learn from more developed esports ecosystems.
A highlight of the many cultural activities held on National Day, September 2, will be the national concert Dieu Con Mai (Remaining with Time), which features well-known revolutionary songs.
Hue, which is among the four localities ed for the 2014 United
Nation Days of Vesak, marked a grand opening ceremony on Saturday night,
gathering thousands of Buddhist followers.
The nation as a whole is caught up in preparations
for celebrating the Lunar New Year festival, known popularly as Tet,
which falls on January 31 this year. According to the Oriental zodiac,
the coming year is the Year of the Horse.
Despite residents'' constant groaning over traffic
jams and overcrowded hospitals and schools, Viet Nam is considered the
second happiest country in the world, behind Costa Rica, with Colombia
third.
