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The Hanoi VPBank International Marathon (VPIM) 2023, an official annual sporting event of the capital city, is scheduled to take place on October 8.

Some 7,000 runners, including 300 international marathoners, will participate in the 5th Dalat Ultra Trail (DUT) 2023 which will take place in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from March 3-5.

A record number of 10 Vietnamese runners will join 30,000 international athletes, including world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge, at the 2023 Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathon event.

Some 10,000 runners will hit the streets on the nights of February 11 and 12 in the VnExpress Marathon Ho Chi Minh City Midnight.

The Salonpas HCMC Marathon opened on January 7 in the Phu My Hung Urban Area of the country's southern economic hub with the participation of 10,000 local and foreign runners.

Nearly 3,500 runners from 32 countries and territories were present in Moc Chau district, the northwestern province of Son La on January 7 to participate in Vietnam Trail Marathon (VTM) 2023.

National athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Do Quoc Luat met no difficulty in winning the first Vietnam International Half Marathon, the first sporting event of the year on January 1 in Hanoi.

The first ever Tay Giang Mountain Marathon on December 31 promises to bring athletes a unique experience of discovering beautiful natural features of the central province of Quang Nam.

Nearly 12,000 runners will compete at the 5th Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon, the event’s organizers said at the launch of the event on December 9.

A new running event, OneWay Marathon – Step over Your Limit, was launched on December 6 on the beautiful island of Cat Ba, the northern port city of Hai Phong.

The 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week, a series of tourism-sport-music events serving domestic and foreign visitors, kicked off at a ceremony in the southern metropolis on December 5.

A countdown event, concert, drone light show and an international marathon will be held in Hanoi to celebrate the New Year 2023.

The VnExpress Marathon Hanoi Midnight will be back on November 26 with double the number of participants in its second edition.

Nearly 1,200 athletes are expected to join the 7th Halong Bay Heritage Marathon, which will officially kick-start in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 13 after one year of hiatus.

Elite Asian athletes will be invited to compete in the 2023 Vietnam International Half Marathon on January 1, 2023 in Hanoi.

Jeff Campbell from Canada and Vanja Cnops from Belgium won the 70km category of the Vietnam Jungle Marathon (VJM) held in Pu Luong Nature Reserve in central Thanh Hoa province at last weekend.

VPBank Hanoi Marathon 2022 attracted the participation of more than 10,000 runners, including over 1,000 from other countries.

As many as 2,300 runners joined “Running on Happiness Route” international marathon in the northernmost mountainous province of Ha Giang’s Meo Vac district on October 9.

An international marathon named “Running on Happiness Route” is scheduled to take place on October 9 in the northernmost province of Ha Giang’s Meo Vac district.

The annual race #Run4WildlifeHN will return to Hanoi on November 6 after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), the country’s first non-governmental organisation focusing on wildlife conservation.