4 provinces send delegations to Khmer boat race in Ho Chi Minh City
The teams will race on Sunday
The teams will race on Sunday
The races are recognized as national intangible cultural heritage
'Vo lai' refers to a thin, elongated motorized boat that is popularly used for waterway transportation in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
A boat race, the largest annual festival on Ly Son Island off a central Vietnamese province, is currently running to pay homage to natives’ ancestry and soldiers who have fought for the country’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes