Run for Peace 2014 in Hanoi
(VOV) - Nearly 70 domestic and international runners as well as teachers and pupils of Ngo Sy Lien and Tran Phu schools joined Run for Peace 2014 in Hanoi on November 17.
Organised by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Peace Run Organisation, the event aims to promote peace, international solidarity, mutual understanding and exchange among nations and contribute to raising humankind awareness of peace.
At the opening ceremony, Director of the Hanoi Municipal Department of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do welcomed all domestic and international runners and spoke highly of Peace Run Organisation’s choosing Vietnam as a destination of its Asia-Pacific relay.
Salil Wilson, Peace Run representative said the run in Vietnam is part of the Asia-Pacific relay through 13 countries, which started in Russia and ended in Vietnam and Australia simultaneously. Eight runners representing people of 13 countries came to Vietnam this time to celebrate the success of the Asia-Pacific relay.
VUFO Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Hoang Van emphasised that by coordinating with Peace Run to hold the event in Vietnam, VUFO wants to send a message of peace and solidarity to all international friends and peace loving people around the world in the hope of bringing peace to humankind.