More than 150 amateur cyclists will race in a bicycle race on the Son
Tra Peninsula in the central city as a prelude for events marking
Re-unification Day (April 30).
More than 300 cyclists from 15 domestic teams and two teams from Laos
and Cambodia will participate in the "Trans-Viet Nam, Viet Nam National
Defence Cup" tournament next month.
Thirty-two cyclists from the UK on Saturday completed a 500-kilometre
journey to raise funds for a training programme on neonatal care at the
Da Nang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital.
Two Vietnamese cyclists, Tran Van Cuong and Le Anh Dung, will be sent
to train in South Korea in one month and a half in preparation for
international tournaments.
South Korean cyclists successfully maintained their lead positions to
win titles in the fifth stage of the International Women''s Cycling
Tournament yesterday.
Some 520 youths, including 120 professional cyclists, took part in a
ride from downtown HCM City to the Sac River in Can Gio District last
Saturday as part of a campaign to protect the mangrove swamps there and
introduce the enlarged jungles.
