International Yoga Day in Can Tho city

In the morning of 21^st August 2015, the event of International Yoga Day took place at Martial Art Training Hall – Sport Complex of Can Tho city which is co-organized by the Can Tho city People's Committee and Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city.

To the event, there was the present of Ms. Vo Thi Hong Anh – Vice Chairman of the Can Tho city People's Committee, representative of relevant Departments and numerous students and local citizen. There was also the participation of representative of Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city including Ms. Smita Pant – Indian Consul General, Yoga trainers, Singer Nguyen Phi Hung and accompanying members.

Yoga is widely known as a sophisticated sport subject based on scientific and systematic method, intellectual concentration, natural harmony that brings tremendous efficiency to improve physical, mental status and illness prevention.

In Vietnam and Can Tho city as well, Yoga has formed as a training trend that has strongly developed and become passion of different people at different age.

Therefore, the program of Yoga team performance in Can Tho city is a meaningful activity that is the expectation of a lot of people. It is also the motivation to encourage the development of Yoga trend in Can Tho city.

Thanks to this event, The Indian Consulate General hopes that it can spread the benefit of Yoga practice to people. The event attracted numerous Can Tho people to come, participate and response this activity.