VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will participate in the annual Da Nang International Marathon – one of the biggest sport events in central Viet Nam – on August 6th, 2017.

Thousands of runners join a 5km Fun Run Da Nang International Marathon to raise funds for Agent Orange victims in Da Nang.

The city’s people’s committee said the event will offer four categories – full marathon (42km), half marathon (21km), a 10km and 5km run.

The city said the marathon will prelude the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Da Nang along with events including VNG Ironman 70.3 Viet Nam, the 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition and the 6th Asia Golf Tourism Convention.

Last year’s race, which drew over 4,000 runners and their families, saw Japanese marathoners Kentaro Masuda and Kyoko Otsuka win the men’s and women’s titles.

The race, which was organised by the city, the World Marathon Company and Pulse Active, was the first Vietnamese marathon certified by the International Amateur Athletics Association and the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.

Competitors can register race through www.rundanang.com.

A couple of foreign marathoners celebrate after finishing a distance in the the annual Da Nang International Marathon in 2016.         A marathoner races in the annual Da Nang International Marathon in 2016. — Photos: Cong Thanh/ VNS

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