This is the third race in the Vietnam Trail Series held by Topas Travel, aiming to encourage local sporting spirit and promote tourism. Topas also organises the Vietnam Mountain Marathon, one of the biggest ultra-running events in Asia.

The Vietnam Jungle Marathon 2019 will take place at Pu Luong Nature Reserve on May 25.

Participants will race in five routes: the new race (10 km), jungle race (25 km), full marathon (42 km), and ultra marathon (55 km and 70 km).

Miss Vietnam 1994 Nguyen Thu Thuy will join the 25-km route. Meanwhile Nguyen Tien Hung, crowned champion of the Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2018, will compete in the 70-km trail with prominent names such as Hisashi Kitamura and Tomohiro Mizukoshi from Japan, Ander Iza Rekakoetxea from Spain, Julien Petit from France, and David Longo from Australia.

Unlike Sa Pa town in Lao Cai province and Moc Chau district in Son La province, Pu Luong has seen few domestic and foreign tourists. The organising board has been working with residents of the finishing location, Ban Hang village, since 2017, and helped 30 households offer homestay services for visitors during the race.

Starting its business in Vietnam in the 1990s, Topas Travel has provided adventure tourism products and comfortable accommodation. Its Topas Ecolodge was put on the National Geographic’s list of most unique lodges in the world.

Nearly 2,000 runners to take part in national marathon

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Hau Giang to host first marathon for climate change campaign

The first Mekong Delta Marathon Hau Giang 2019 will be organized on April 21 in Vi Thanh city in Hau Giang province, aiming to raise public awareness of climate change.

 

Exciting marathon of “Conquering legend Non Vua mountain peak”

(BGO) – The mountain marathon themed “Conquering the legend Non Vua mountain peak” and photo contest of “Nham Bien moment” 2019 on February 17 were first ever launched by a joint collaboration of the People’s Committee in Yen Dung district, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DCST) as well as the provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) in Bac Giang province at Lac Phu Residential area, Nham Son commune. 

 

Int’l runners join Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau

The Vietnam Trail Marathon officially kicked off in Moc Chau district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on January 18 evening.

 

Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau to draw 1,900 runners

As many as 1,900 racers from 39 countries will join the Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau, in the northern mountainous province of Son La on January 19. 

 

Source: VNA