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Hundreds run to raise fund for children with cancer in Ho Chi Minh City

Hundreds run to raise fund for children with cancer in Ho Chi Minh City

Sunday, May 22, 2022, 14:45 GMT+7
Hundreds run to raise fund for children with cancer in Ho Chi Minh City
People participate in the Sunflower Run to raise funds for children with cancer at the Vinhomes Central Park in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre

Hundreds of athletes, artists, and local residents participated in a charity run in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday morning to mark the 15th anniversary of the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper-backed Thuy’s Dream Foundation for children with cancer.

The Sunflower Run, organized by Tuoi Tre, the Vietnam Youth Union in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Students Assistance Center, kicked off at the Vinhomes Central Park in Binh Thanh District at 7:00 am on Sunday.

The event attracted hundreds of athletes, artists, and local residents.

Participants pose for a photo at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

Participants join the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre

Aside from the offline race, an online run as part of the event will also take place from May 22 to June 22.

For each of the first 5,000 participants who sign up for the online race, Tam An General Hospital will donate VND100,000 (US$4.3) to the fund for children with cancer.

Participants can register for either the five-kilometer, 15-kilometer, 21-kilometer, 42-kilometer, or 100-kilometer marathon via irace.vn/races/duong-dua-hoa-mat-troi.

After completing the registered marathon, participants will be rewarded with an electronic certificate and electronic medal.

Participants pose for a photo at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Participants pose for a photo at the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Members of the Vietnamese national under-23 football team has symbolically taken part in the marathon by signing on a ball.

The ball will be sold in an upcoming auction, and the proceeds will be added to the fund for children with cancer.

A series of activates will be organized by Tuoi Tre and the Vietnam Youth Union in Ho Chi Minh City until September to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Thuy’s Dream Foundation.

Participants pose for a photo at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre

Participants join the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: T.T.D. / Tuoi Tre

The Thuy’s Dream Foundation was set up by Tuoi Tre to support children with cancer as well as to honor Le Thanh Thuy, a high school girl famous for her long fight against bone cancer prior to her surrender on November 2, 2007.

More than VND49.5 billion ($2.1 million) has been fundraised thanks to events related to the foundation in the past 15 years.

Vietnamese artists talk to a young cancer patient at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese artists talk to a young cancer patient at the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese artists pose for a photo at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese artists pose for a photo at the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre

Young rapper Shumo and his parents join the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Young rapper Shumo and his parents join the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications Lam Dinh Thang hands scholarships to children with cancer in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications Lam Dinh Thang hands scholarships to children with cancer in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Disabled weightlifter Le Van Cong at the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Thien Thanh / Tuoi Tre

Disabled weightlifter Le Van Cong at the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Thien Thanh / Tuoi Tre

A family takes part in the Sunflower Marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre

A family takes part in the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre

Participants are provided with water during the marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Minh Duy / Tuoi Tre

Participants are provided with water during the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Minh Duy / Tuoi Tre

A ball signed by members of the U23 Vietnamese men’s football team is presented at the event in Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

A ball signed by members of the Vietnamese national under-23 football team is presented at the event in Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre

Participants pose for a photo at the marathon in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Minh Duy / Tuoi Tre

Participants pose for a photo at the Sunflower Run in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, May 22, 2022. Photo: Minh Duy / Tuoi Tre

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