The 2016 Terry Fox Run drew crowds of participants (Source: courtesy of the orrganisation board) HCM City (VNA) – The Terry Fox Run 2017, whichaims to raise funds for cancer patients, will take place on Tan Trao street,Phu My Hung urban zone, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on November 5.
All the proceeds will be used to finance Vietnam’s projectson cancer research, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CanCham) in HCM City saidat the launching ceremony on October 6.
Anony Nezic, co-chairman of the Terry Fox Run Vietnam, saidthe event has raised around one million USD over the past more than 20 years.The sum was used for projects on child cancer research in Vietnam, jointlyimplemented by CanCham, Terry Fox Vietnam, the British Columbia University inCanada, and the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Last year, the run raised 1.9 billion VND (83,600 USD), whichwas used to fund a project on cancer research at the Nhi Dong 2 Hospital in HCMCity.
Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive charity event heldannually in numerous countries throughout the globe to commemorate Canadiancancer activist Terry Fox, who made a Marathon of Hope across Canada to raisefunds for cancer research in 1980 after losing his leg to osteosarcoma.
To date, more than 750 million USD has beencollected over the world for cancer research.-VNA
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