More than 4,000 athletes participated in the final round of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Moi Newspaper Lai Ba Ha said that the final round of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run - For Peace 2025 is one of the key sports activities of Hanoi City.

The final round of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run - For Peace 2025 is one of the key sports activities of Hanoi city to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day; 26 years since Hanoi was recognized by the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a City for Peace.

The City Finals will open at 7am on September 28, at the Ba Kieu Temple flower garden and around Hoan Kiem Lake with the participation of more than 4,000 people. Of which, there are more than 3,000 official competitors and about 1,000 runners who are athletes, officials from communes, wards, universities, colleges, vocational high schools of Hanoi and other provinces and cities; foreigners who are officials and employees of 11 embassies and international organizations studying and working in Hanoi will compete in the event for foreigners, participate in the run and sign the peace flag.

Athletes compete in two categories: amateur and advanced. The amateur category includes the following distances: 1,750m for men and women in middle and high schools (1 lap around Hoan Kiem Lake); 1,750m for women in universities, colleges, vocational high schools, and foreigners (1 lap around Hoan Kiem Lake); 3,500m for men in universities, colleges, vocational high schools, and foreigners (2 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 3,500m for women in production and armed forces (2 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 5,250m for men in production and armed forces (3 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake).

Advanced system for athletes of Athletics teams of provinces, cities and industries, including: 5,250m women's open event (3 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 8,750m men's open event (5 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake).

The new feature of this year's tournament is the addition of a sponsor competition with a distance of 1,750m (men) and 1,750m (women). This is an effort to increase the attractiveness and connection between businesses accompanying the tournament.

The organizing committee will award individual prizes to male and female athletes ranked from 1 to 5; and team prizes to teams ranked from 1 to 3 in each block. First, second and third prizes will be awarded to 3 blocks: Commune and ward block; university, college, vocational high school and vocational training block and extended block. The total prize value is nearly 250 million VND.