More than 600 million VND to support the program Heart for you

On the morning of April 24, at Hoan Kiem Pedestrian Street, Hanoi, the Viettel Fastest 2022 running race – the second season of the Viettel Telecom Corporation (Viettel Telecom) in collaboration with the Vietnamese Heart Foundation – Vietnam Television Station (Vietnam Television Station). VTV) has officially kicked off with the participation of more than 2,000 domestic and international athletes.

All funds collected from the sale of BIB (more than 600 million VND) were given to “Heart for you” by the organizers – a free humanitarian heart surgery program by Viettel Military Industry and Telecommunication Group and the Fund. The Vietnamese heart of Vietnam Television was founded and implemented. After the event held in Hanoi, Viettel Fastest is expected to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in September 2022. The organizers also expect the tournament to be held annually.

As part of a series of events towards the 47th anniversary of the Liberation Day of the South (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2022) and the International Labor Day May 1, 2022, Viettel Fastest is a one-way Vietnamese marathon. ly (10km) in Vietnam for 3 subjects: Pro (Professional), Semi Pro (Semi-Professional) and (New PR) Newbie runners.

Sharing about the reason for organizing the Viettel Fastest race, Mr. Nguyen Quang Lap, Deputy General Director of Viettel Telecommunications Corporation said: Running is a good sport for health, Viettel Fastest not only creates a professional playground to attract running lovers, encourages a healthy sport movement for the community but also conforms to the philosophy of running. business management associated with social responsibility of Viettel. All ticket sales from the race are used to provide free heart surgery for poor children, demonstrating Viettel’s heart of gratitude to the community and building a sustainable society.

Technology and Humanities Run

Viettel Fastest is a short distance race with good quality, 10KM standard track according to the measurement method of the World Athletics Federation for professional athletes and semi-professional athletes, those who run long distances. good year.

The race is divided into 3 starting groups: Professional (Pro starts at 6:00), semi-professional (Semi Pro starts at 7:05) and Beginners (New PR starts at 8:40). Each group will have its own individual standards of performance (professional: 42/45 min/10km, semi-pro: 60/65 min/10km, Newbies: 90/100 min/10km).

In the end, athletes Le Trung Duc (male) and Doan Thu Hang (female) finished first in the Professional category (Pro) with 33:19.4 and 38:24.6 respectively; Athletes Trinh Dinh An (male) and Nguyen Thi Lua (female) finished first in the Semi-Pro category (achieved 42:01.4 and 45:43,6) and first in the Newcomer category. Runners (New PR) are athletes Dao Tien Son (men- 1:00:03,4) and Vu Thi Phuong Dung (women-1:05:01,3). In addition to these awards, the Organizing Committee also awards awards by age to athletes and to the best performing clubs.

In addition to the cash prize with a total value of up to 138 million VND, each athlete who finished first in each award category was also given 2 Samsung Galaxy Watch4 smart watches by sponsor Viettel Store, 2 Garmin smartwatches. vivoactive 3 Element, 2 smart watches Xiaomi Watch S1 Active.

With the message “Speed ​​up with technology” and organized by Viettel Telecom – one of the leading and pioneering enterprises in the construction of a digital society in Vietnam, the Viettel Fastest race applies many technologies. new in registering as well as participating in the race. It is an online management system with registration code, facial verification check-in technology, use of electronic waiver and QR Code to easily receive or entrust Race-kit receipt. easy.

In addition to technology applications, athletes can register and transfer BIB running online in a very convenient way, without going through BTC and especially completely free.