Vietnam says it will not host Asian Games

Vietnam says it will not host Asian Games

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 01:52 PM IST
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Hanoi: Vietnam said it had decided against hosting the 2019 Asian Games for financial reasons, and was exploring procedures to withdraw from staging the region’s largest sporting event.  There was scant public jubilation when the communist country’s capital was chosen in 2012 to host the showpiece competition and public sentiment has hardened against the move, with even tightly-controlled state-run newspapers criticising the move in recent weeks.

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