Over 4,000 take part in midnight run in downtown Ho Chi Minh City

The run was co-organized by the District 1 People’s Committee and Ben Thanh General Cultural JSC.

The track stretches through many cultural heritage sites of Ho Chi Minh City, namely the municipal People’s Committee headquarters, Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, Bach Dang Wharf, Reunification Palace, Ben Thanh Market, and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, among others.

Participants run in front of the Municipal Theater of Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run in front of the Municipal Theater of Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

The organizing board hopes to introduce the culture, history, and traditions of District 1 that are associated with the image of a sleepless city.

More than 4,000 people participated in the event, not only to improve their physical health but also to witness the city at night.

Participants run across Tan Dinh Church in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run across Tan Dinh Church in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

Among the foreign participants were over 260 expats in different localities of Vietnam, alongside more than 100 athletes from 16 countries.

Through the event, the organizing board will donate VND700 million (US$29,700) to the fund for the poor in District 1.

Participants run across the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee headquarters, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run across the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee headquarters, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

As of early 2023, Ho Chi Minh City had nearly 32,000 eateries, restaurants, and street food establishments, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

District 1 has more than 1,300 business establishments providing services that are considered core activities of the nighttime economy.

Participants run along Hoang Sa Street in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run along Hoang Sa Street in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

A group of participants pose for a photo in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre
A group of participants pose for a photo in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre

Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!

More than 4,000 people including both Vietnamese and foreigners participated in the District 1 Midnight Run 2023 on Saturday.

The run was co-organized by the District 1 People’s Committee and Ben Thanh General Cultural JSC.

The track stretches through many cultural heritage sites of Ho Chi Minh City, namely the municipal People’s Committee headquarters, Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, Bach Dang Wharf, Reunification Palace, Ben Thanh Market, and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, among others.

Participants run in front of the Municipal Theater of Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run in front of the Municipal Theater of Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

The organizing board hopes to introduce the culture, history, and traditions of District 1 that are associated with the image of a sleepless city.

More than 4,000 people participated in the event, not only to improve their physical health but also to witness the city at night.

Participants run across Tan Dinh Church in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run across Tan Dinh Church in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

Among the foreign participants were over 260 expats in different localities of Vietnam, alongside more than 100 athletes from 16 countries.

Through the event, the organizing board will donate VND700 million (US$29,700) to the fund for the poor in District 1.

Participants run across the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee headquarters, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run across the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee headquarters, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

As of early 2023, Ho Chi Minh City had nearly 32,000 eateries, restaurants, and street food establishments, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

District 1 has more than 1,300 business establishments providing services that are considered core activities of the nighttime economy.

Participants run along Hoang Sa Street in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre
Participants run along Hoang Sa Street in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

A group of participants pose for a photo in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre
A group of participants pose for a photo in Ho Chi Minh City, March 25, 2023. Photo: Huu Hanh / Tuoi Tre

Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!

The post Over 4,000 take part in midnight run in downtown Ho Chi Minh City appeared first on Vietexplorer.com.

View more from VietExplorer:

HCM City ranks among top 10 cheapest cities for foreigners
Dien Bien protecting forests associated with economic development
Hanoi hosts exhibition on Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2020
Exhibition celebrates 1010th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi
Vietnam honoured as Asia’s heritage, cultural, culinary destination at WTA 2020
5 must-conquer places for captivating cloud hunting adventure in Da Lat
Hanoi’s countdown event for 31st SEA Games scheduled to take place next month
A young man’s passion to make Da Lat green again
Six-hundred-year-old sites attract tourists in Vietnam
Binh Lieu in reed season: A highly recommended destination for weekend trip
Vietnam International Travel Mart expected to boost national tourism
HCM City named among top ten cheapest places for American expats
Lost in the beauty of Pu Nhi Farm in Son La
Author Mr Dominic Price – banker and founder of Dominique Saint Paul
117 works awarded at ASEAN Graphic Arts Competition and Exhibition
Mountains for pilgrims
Hotpot from the delta
Female cyclist on trans-Vietnam route
An appealing mountainous commune
Festivals jubilantly celebrated nationwide to greet spring

Nhận xét

Đăng nhận xét

Bài đăng phổ biến từ blog này

Villagers Set Fire to Farmer’s Wheat Storage for Letting His Daughter Attend School

Hình ảnh
An incident occurred in Zangeja village, within the jurisdiction of Lashari police station on Sunday, as reported. Aushaq Zangejo claimed that he was threatened by the villagers to prevent his daughter, Zainab Zangejo, from riding a motorbike, but he ignored their warnings. The girl herself stated that she rides her bike to her high school in Ratodero, and her confidence is disliked in the village. Upon the incident being brought to the attention of the SSP Larkana, the local police were directed to take appropriate action. In Pakistan, as per a report from The Express Tribune, the literacy rate in 2022 has shown a consistent trend of higher literacy rates among males compared to females. This persistent pattern has hindered efforts to bridge the gender gap in literacy. The male literacy rate stands at 70 percent, while the female literacy rate lags behind at 48 percent. This discrepancy reflects the challenges faced by women in accessing quality education and emphasizes ...
Đọc thêm

Vietnamese Students Win Prizes at Int’l Science, Engineering Fair

Hình ảnh
Nguyen Thi Mai Anh (L) and Nguyen Binh Giang from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) win the third prize at Regeneron ISEF 2023) Grand Awards. Photo: moet.gov.vn The winning project on pharmacological effects on the central nervous system of Litsea cubeba fruit and leaf essential oils based on pharmacological network in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBIO) category was developed by Nguyen Thi Mai Anh and Nguyen Binh Giang from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University , Hanoi (VNU), VietnamPlus said. Another project, a quadruped robot model used to assist search and rescue operations in landslide-affected areas by Le Minh Duc and Le Nguyen Trung Kien from Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students in Ho Chi Minh City earned a Special Award presented by the US Agency for International Development. REGENERON ISEF 2...
Đọc thêm

ISRO Announces Successful Completion of Aditya-L1’s Fourth Earth-Bound Manoeuvre

Hình ảnh
India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun, Aditya L1 spacecraft, successfully completed its fourth earth-bound manoeuvre, according to ISRO. ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR, and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation, while a transportable terminal stationed in the Fiji islands supported post-burn operations, the space agency said on X, formerly known as Twitter. The spacecraft has attained a new orbit of 256 km x 121973 km. The next manoeuvre, Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I), is scheduled for September 19, around 02:00 Hrs. IST. Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space-based observatory to study the Sun from a halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million km from Earth. The first, second, and third earth-bound manoeuvres were successfully performed on September 3, 5, and 10, respectively. These manoeuvres are part of the spacecraft’s 16-day journey around Earth to gain the n...
Đọc thêm