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Incidents of not wearing clothes happened to Laotian and Vietnamese players when they sang the national anthem a cappella, aka without musical accompaniment, which occurred in the opening match of Group B in men’s soccer
SEA Games 2025
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Vietnam won 2-1 over Laos in the first match of Group B in men’s soccer at the 2025 SEA Games at Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, on Wednesday (3/12).
However, this match was marred by incidents of not wearing clothes before kick-off.The unpleasant moment for the Laos and Vietnam camps occurred when the procession sang the national anthems of the two countries before kick-off.
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The sound system at Rajamangala Stadium suddenly experienced technical problems, making the committee decide not to play the music that usually accompanies the procession singing the national anthem.
As a result, this problem forced the Laotian players and then the Vietnamese players to sing the song a cappella without accompanying music.
“Drama erupted in the opening match of the 33rd SEA Games men’s football tournament between Laos and Vietnam at Rajamangala Stadium after the national anthems of both teams were not played before the match, causing confusion among fans and athletes in the stadium,” wrote Thai Media
Siam Sport
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The organizing committee has sent letters of apology to the two countries for this embarrassing incident.
“The failure to play the national anthem was not due to copyright issues, but rather due to a failure in the sound system. We will speed up repairs so that future participants can play the national anthem as usual,” said Dr.Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT).
Previously, Indonesia and Vietnam were victims of incorrect flag placement at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand.
The incident occurred when the organizers of the 2025 SEA Games released the match schedule which will take place on December 4 on their official website.
According to Soha’s report, a serious error occurred in the futsal sport schedule.The organizing committee used the Thai flag as Vietnam’s.Meanwhile, the Indonesian flag was replaced by Laos.
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