The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 will take place across the country at 7.00am on 26 March, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Sports.

Residents of Hai Duong Province at the Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2016. (Photo by Mạnh Tú)

The annual event is one of the activities celebrating the 71^st anniversary of the sports sector as well as the 86^th year of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

The event aims to encourage Vietnamese citizens to take part in regular physical exercise.

In Ho Chi Minh City, more than 5,000 people, including students, government officials, military officers and the elderly, will walk or run around both sides of Nguyen Hue Walking Street downtown, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

The Olympic Day Run is an international movement promoting the practice of sports around the world.

Last year, around 7 million people in 63 cities and provinces in the country participated in the run.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)