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

Nearly 800 runners, both professional and non-professional, joined a 5km race around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the very heart of Hanoi on October 30 morning.

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.

More than 500 athletes nationwide on September 29 joined the Ultra Trail Cao Bang 2022 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang – home to a UNESCO-recognised geopark.

As many as 8,500 runners joined the Vietcombank Mekong Delta International Marathon - Hau Giang 2022 in Vi Thanh city in the morning of July 17.

International marathon tournaments will officially return now the COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled.

Sport fans across Southeast Asia have been impressed with images of two runners of the host Vietnam celebrating victory with their Timor Leste rival Felisberto De Deus at SEA Games 31.

Runners earned Vietnam additional four gold medals on May 16, raising the country’s total golds at SEA Games 31 in athletics to 13.

Marathon - a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km – is among important events at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), with Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand being regional powerhouses.

Nearly 3,000 athletes took part in Tay Ho Half Marathon 2021 organised by the People’s Committee of Hanoi’s Tay Ho district on April 17. Of these, more than 1,000 people competed in half marathon.

Vietnamese runners won major prizes at the 2022 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon, which took place in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

More than 5,000 participants, of which about 65 percent are athletes from other provinces and cities, will join the 2022 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon, which will begin in the central Da Nang city on March 19.

Hundreds of runners from across Vietnam will participate in the VPBank Hanoi Marathon 2021 (VPHM) on March 6.

The selection round of Miss Fitness Vietnam 2022, a national event featuring fitness enthusiasts, will open on January 16 in Ho Chi Minh City.

A marathon race titled “Hanh trinh ve cuc Bac” (journey to the North) held in the northwestern mountainous province of Ha Giang drew the participation of more than 50 runners nationwide during its three-day course, which concluded on December 7.

The FC Sapa Praha team of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic became the runners-up at a friendly football tournament held by the Czech Republic’s Senate in Prague on June 19.

Vietnam have made history as they advanced to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers for the first time ever, after a five-goal thriller against the hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 15 (local time).

Vietnam is now enjoying an advantage to win a berth at the third round of the 2022 Qatar FIFA Asian World Cup qualifiers, but there is also a possibility that they will fall to the second place and only qualify as one of the best five teams. ​