(Muinetourism.vn) - On February 15, at the Mui Ne flying sand dune (Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province), the Mui ne running contest with the theme “Celebrating the New Year of 2021”. Attending at the event, there were Mr. Huynh Ngoc Tam – Deputy Director of Bin Thuan Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and other local leaders of Phan Thiet city as well as the numerous people.
(Giving flags to the participating teams; photo: Hoai Phuong)
The contest was held by Phan Thiet city to serve locals and tourists on the days of Lunar New Year, the contest this year had two contents of competition. For female is 2.000 meters and 4.000 meters for male. In the fresh air of spring, the athletes created many cliff-hanging and exciting moments to viewers. The atmosphere was more noisy and bustling with the cheers and yells of viewers standing along the running way.
(Giving awards; photo: Hoai Phuong)
(Photo: Hoai Phuong)
After 1 hour competing with all efforts, Miss TRieu Dieu Nhi (Tien Loi ward) won the first prize, the second prize went to Hoang Thi Ai Thuc (Tien Loi ward) and the third prize belonged to Do Thi Ngoc Dung (Duc Nghia ward). For the prizes of male, the first prize was up to Do Duy Thang (Duc Thang ward), the second and third prizes went to Do Huu Tan (Phan Chau Trinh High school) and Ung Xuan hieu (Duc Nghia ward).
(Photo: Hoai phuong)
(Photo: Hoai Phuong)
The Mui Ne running contest in Mui Ne is hosted annually, this is the unique and meaningful contest on the occasion of Tet. That creates the movement in training health as well as creating a featured tourism product of Mui Ne to serve tourists on the traditional Tet Holiday.
Hoai Phuong
Translated by Van Thao