Participating in the walking and running tournament were Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen and about 6,000 athletes, including the largest number of journalists ever, with about 1,000 athletes who are journalists, reporters, editors, journalists working at Ho Chi Minh City and Central press agencies, students of journalism and media departments, etc.
The tournament was organized by the Vietnam Journalists Association in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association with the support of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) and Nexus Communications Joint Stock Company (Nexus Sport Events).
The race includes a distance of 5km, 10km, 21km and a walking distance of 3.5km starting from Le Loi Avenue, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City and ending in the Thu Thiem area (Thu Duc City). The route runs through many landmarks of Ho Chi Minh City such as Nguyen Hue Avenue, Thu Ngu Flag Tower, Ton Duc Thang Street on the Saigon River, Ba Son Bridge, Thu Thiem, ...
The total prize value is nearly 400 million VND. In addition to professional awards, the organizing committee also awards the journalists with the best achievements in the distances.
In addition, the organizing committee also coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City photography Association to organize a photo contest for professional and amateur photographers to award awards for outstanding works that have captured beautiful moments of athletes on beautiful roads in the center of Ho Chi Minh City,...
