Exciting Olympic Running Day for Public Health in Ho Chi Minh City

On the morning of March 23, at Le Duan Street, District 1, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee organized the Olympic Running Day for the Health of the People in 2025, to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Sports Industry, the day Uncle Ho wrote the article "Physical Education and Health" calling on people to exercise (March 27, 1946 - March 27, 2025) and the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26).

Athletes participate in the festival.

Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Tran Thi Dieu Thuy - Member of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee; Tran The Thuan - Member of the City Party Committee, Director of the City Department of Culture and Sports; Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the City...

Athletes at the starting line.

The Olympic Running Day for Public Health is organized by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee at the end of March every year. The event is not a race but an activity aimed at calling on people to exercise and improve their health.

Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy - Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee fired the starting gun to open the festival.

Along with the Running Day, the city also chose March as the Sports Month to organize physical training and sports activities in response to the event, contributing to improving the effectiveness of the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho". This is also an opportunity for the city to affirm the strength of the whole people's solidarity, to act together, and to concretely implement Uncle Ho's call for all people to exercise.

Beautiful pictures on the running track.

This year's Olympic Run for the Health of the People of Ho Chi Minh City attracted nearly 5,000 participants. Among them were many leaders of the People's Committee, departments, agencies of the city, artists and many people from districts...

Artists participating in the run.

The running track is more than 2km long, passing through many famous streets and landmarks such as Le Duan Street, April 30 Park, Notre Dame Cathedral, Dong Khoi Street, City People's Committee headquarters...

The finish line was captured by some athletes as a souvenir.

At this year's program, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy - Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, on behalf of the City People's Committee, presented certificates of merit to individuals and groups with many contributions to organizing the Olympic Running Day for the health of all people in 2025.

Nguyen Truong Giang