The Running Day was attended by Hai Phong City Party Secretary Le Tien Chau, leaders of departments and branches, along with nearly 3,000 representatives of the city's Departments and club members, agencies, enterprises, officers and soldiers in the armed forces, students, farmers, cadres, civil servants and workers, middle-aged people, and sports clubs in the city.
This year, the Run Day is conducted at 3 levels: City level, district level, and commune, ward, and town level. In which, the 2025 Olympic Run for Public Health will be simultaneously organized from the city to districts, Thuy Nguyen City and broadcast live.
The television bridge Olympic Run for the Health of All People in Hai Phong City in 2025 is live with the main bridge point at the City Theater Square and the City Central strip; 3 side bridges are Hong Bang District, An Duong District and Vinh Bao District. The city-level running distance is 5km; the grassroots level is 1km. The number of people participating in running at the district and county levels alone is at least 1,000 people; the number of people participating in running at the commune, ward and town levels is at least 500 people.
The event was organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Hai Phong City Youth Union to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Sports and Physical Training Industry and Uncle Ho's Day for writing the article "Fitness and Health" calling on people to exercise (March 27, 1946 - March 27, 2025); 94 years of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1930 - March 26, 2025).
Speaking at Running Day, Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Hoang Minh Cuong said: Health is the most valuable asset of every person, an invaluable asset of every country and nation. Exercising plays an important role in protecting and improving the health of each person.
Following Uncle Ho's example of physical exercise, Hai Phong City always attaches importance to organizing sports activities to improve health, promote strength and contribute to the development of the country and the city. In recent times, the city has always paid attention to and created favorable conditions for facilities to serve the development of movements and sports activities for the health of the entire population held annually.
In 2025, with the theme of Running for Green, Civilized and Friendly Hai Phong City, it will promote the sports movement of all people in the city, promising to be a place to gather a large mass, members of Clubs, teenagers, students, cadres, civil servants, armed forces of the whole city as well as athletes participating.
Vice Chairman Hoang Minh Cuong suggested that all levels and sectors, especially the City Youth Union, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, continue to promote the achieved results, maintain and develop widely the movements and sports activities among the people, link physical exercise with education of knowledge, ethics, social skills, health training, improve the quality of learning, labor, production, work, and make practical contributions to the construction of Hai Phong into a modern, civilized, rapid, green and sustainable industrial city.
