Thousands joins Hanoi Run for Children 2016
Hanoi (VNA) – More than thousands of people participated in Hanoi Run for Children 2016 in the Thong Nhat Park on December 11 to raise funds for the treatment of disadvantaged children with cancer and congenital heart diseases.
The
annual event was jointly organised by the Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association
under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, the Embassy of Canada and several
political and social organisations and businesses in the capital city.
At the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health, President of Vietnam-Canada
Friendship Association Nguyen Viet Tien said the meaningful event creates the
venue for people to meet and encourage disadvantaged children with cancer and
heart diseases.
The event also shows the friendship between between people of Hanoi and Vietnam in general and
Canada as well as international friends, he added.
Several celebrities
took part in this year’s run, including People’s Artist Le Khanh, Miss Vietnam
2016 Do My Linh, actor Phan Anh and football player Hoang Vu Samson.
Especially, weightlifter Le Van Cong, first Vietnamese Paralympic gold medallist
in Rio 20016, participated in the event.
This year, the run raised nearly 1.3 billion VND (57,700USD). All the money will
be donated for cancer and heart disease treatment of patients at the Vietnam
National Hospital of Paediatrics, Hanoi Heart Hospital and the Heart Beat
Vietnam programme.-VNA