Thailand releases map of Vietnam omitting Hoang Sa and Truong Sa islands; Thai media asserts 'serious error'.

Some Thai newspapers have mentioned the incident where the 33rd SEA Games organizing committee made a mistake when displaying the map of Vietnam during the opening night on December 9.

Vietnam map has shortcomings when appearing in the SEA Games opening ceremony - Photo: THAIRATH

"Foreign media reported that Thailand displayed an inaccurate map of Vietnam at the opening ceremony," Thairath newspaper headlined.

Thailand's leading newspaper did not make any comments, but only borrowed words from Vietnamese newspapers and social media accounts to mention this incident.

Specifically, the map of Vietnam appeared near the end of the opening night, along with the Vietnamese phrase "Hello". But it is worth noting that the part displaying the map of Vietnam was missing the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa, Truong Sa, and Phu Quoc island, which belong to Vietnam's sovereignty .

In the news, Thairath also affirmed that this was "a serious mistake in the SEA Games opening ceremony on the evening of December 9".

"This event became the focus of Vietnamese media attention when a serious mistake occurred.

In particular, during the art performance, when the artists performed traditional cultural dances, the organizers projected graphic images of each country onto the Rajamangala Stadium.

When the map of Vietnam was shown, many viewers immediately noticed that the map did not include the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos, as well as a number of islands under Vietnam's sovereignty," Thairath wrote.

Thairath also reported that Vietnamese sports officials would be raising the issue with the SEA Games organizing committee.

Besides Thairath , the Bangkok-based Daily News also used a similar approach when referring to the incident.

Photo published by Thailand's Daily News - Photo: DAILY NEWS

"Tension! Vietnamese media criticizes Thailand for showing wrong image of Vietnam map at SEA Games opening ceremony", Daily News headlined.

Compared to the incident related to the Vietnam map, Thai newspapers mentioned more about the national flag error between Indonesia and Singapore.

Specifically, in the section looking back at the history of the SEA Games broadcast on the big screen at the opening ceremony, when introducing the 1997 SEA Games held in Indonesia, the organizing committee used the flag... Singapore.

This mistake is hard to deny, causing the Thai media to angrily criticize the country's organizing committee. This is also the second time the SEA Games 33 organizing committee has made a mistake related to the national flag, after the first time in the futsal competition schedule on the official website.

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