The information was given at a press conference held by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Workers Support Centre on Sunday.
The event that will be at Long Bien Palace Wedding Convention Centre in HCM City on the coming National Day September 2.
The press conference about the event
The couples will perform a ceremony to offer flowers to Late President Ho Chi Minh on Nguyen Hue Walking Street, then sit on double-decker buses for a parade on some major streets in the city.
They will be offered many wedding items, shopping vouchers, and health care vouchers. The organiser will also try and set a record for the largest traditional wedding gate of up to 6 metres high and 14 metres long.
Couple Hoang Van Nang and Vu Thi Tinh from District 7’s Tan Thuan Dong Commune took their three children to the press conference. They said that they were eager to attend the mass wedding. Nang is a construction builder and Tinh is a vendor. Due to financial difficulties, they have not yet held their wedding, but had just finished the marriage registration.
Hoang Van Nang (right) and Vu Thi Tinh at the event
"Our landlord told us about the mass wedding and we’re very happy to join it. We’ve not yet had our wedding photos,” Nang added.
Over the past 13 years, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Workers Support Centre has hosted group weddings for 922 couples who are poor workers.
