First Pride for Vietnam’s gay community

06/08/12 08:14 CET

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Vietnam has held its first ever Gay Pride parade.

It took place in Hanoi on Sunday.

The government there has recently proposed including same-sex couples in the country’s marriage laws.

If that were to happen Vietnam would be the first country in Asia to do so.

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