The event was part of charitable activities launched by the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam in coordination with the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations, the Canada Chamber of Commerce and the Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association. It aims to call on the community to raise funds for poor Vietnamese children suffering from cancer and heart diseases.

According to the organising board, this year’s event collected VND960 million from the participants, as well as businesses, organisations and schools. The money will be sent to Hanoi Heart Hospital, Central Children’s Hospital and the fund for poor child patients.

The Terry Fox Run is annually held in honour of the inspirational Terry Fox, a young Canadian who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research after his leg was amputated due to bone cancer.