Hundreds of young people wearing rainbow flags, the symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, gathered at My Dinh National Stadium on Sunday for a bike parade to mark "Viet Pride", an annual international rights movement held here for the first time.

The worries of homosexual people are understandable. Research in four big cities and provinces showed that 48 per cent of people referred to homosexuality as "a curable disease", 57 per cent said it was a new social trend – and 77 per cent said they would be disappointed if their children were homosexual. Read the full story here.