Thai newspaper angry because SEA Games organizers do not play Vietnam's national anthem

Thai media continues to criticize the country's organizing committee for a series of incidents during the opening days of the 33rd SEA Games, the latest being the failure to play the national anthem during the match between U22 Vietnam and Laos.

Thai newspapers continue to be indignant on behalf of U22 Vietnam - Photo: NK

"The opening match of the SEA Games was chaotic again, the national anthems of Vietnam and Laos were not played," headlined Thairath newspaper, expressing anger with the country's organizing committee.

The organizing committee of the host country Thailand did not play the national anthem before the match between U22 Vietnam and U22 Laos in the opening match of the 33rd SEA Games on the afternoon of December 3. This is considered a serious incident, very rare at high-level events.

Not only the media of the two countries involved in this match, even the Thai press cannot be happy with "embarrassing" incidents like this.

In addition, Thairath also raised another issue, which was the failure of the floodlights at Rajamangala Stadium before the match.

"TNN reporter Suradej Aphaiwong posted an article about the shortcomings ahead of the SEA Games.

For the two men's football matches held at Rajamangala National Stadium alone, it was discovered that some of the stadium lights were broken. There were no replacement bulbs, so the organizers were forced to borrow bulbs from other stadiums," Thairath newspaper reported.

This is not the first time the Thai media has been upset with the Vietnam U22 team. A day earlier, the same newspaper Thairath criticized the traffic jam in Bangkok, causing the Vietnam U22 team to arrive 30 minutes late to the training ground.

In addition, there were a series of incidents related to the tournament's information issues, such as the national flag error on the official website, mistaken announcements, or delays in issuing press cards...

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bao-thai-lan-tuc-gian-vi-ban-to-chuc-sea-games-khong-phat-quoc-ca-viet-nam-20251203185031591.htm