Japan-Vietnam Friendship Marathon to be held during Dalat Flower Festival

400 local and international athletes are expected to run the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Marathon, announced Lam Dong Province's People's Committee last week.

The marathon will take place on December 17 in Dalat during the city's Flower Festival.

Organizers anticipate that half of the athletes will be local, while the other half will travel from Japan, Japanese participants are to include Murayama Tomiichi, the former Prime minister of Japan and chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Peace Foundation and Mari Tanigawa, a top marathon runner.

The athletes will compete in three distences-10K, half-marathon, and marathon. The race will begin at the Dalat flower garden, circle Xuan Huong Lake, cut through pine tree forests, weave along streets throughout the city, and end at the Lam Dong's Children House at 38 Tran Phu Street.