
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (R2), vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, receives the torch from Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hu Qianwen, before running the opening leg of the torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008. Ho Chi Minh City is the 19th leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay around the world. [Xinhua]

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, holds the Olympic torch before running the opening leg of the torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008. [Xinhua]

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (R), vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, receives the torch from Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hu Qianwen, before running the opening leg of the torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008. [Xinhua]

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (R), vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, runs with the Olympic torch during the torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008. [Xinhua]

Overseas Chinese in Vietnam wave the national flags of the two countries to welcome the Olympic Flame in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008. [Xinhua]