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More than 3,000 people participate Olympic Run Day in Hanoi

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Mar 23, 2015 / 05:40 PM

KTĐT - Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam and Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son attended the Olympic Run Day

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam and Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son attended the Olympic Run Day
KTĐT - Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam and Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son attended the Olympic Run Day
A ceremony was held on March 22 in Hanoi to launch the 2015 Olympic Run Day for All People’s Health to mark the Vietnam Sport Day (March 27, 1946). 
The Olympic Run Day aims to encourage people to do physical exercise regularly to stay fit and healthy
According to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hong Son, more than 600,000 people from hundreds of communes and wards in Hanoi gathered to run in their localities on response to the event.
Right after the ceremony, more than 3,000 people including delegates and local residents ran around Hoan Kiem Lake in an exciting atmosphere. 
Millions of people in 63 provinces and cities nationwide also participate in similar activities. 

Some pictures of the "Olympic Run Day" in Hanoi:
 





 
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