Many families have signed up together to conquer the roads.
with the extremely beautiful natural scenery of Moc Chau mountains and forests.

2024 is the 6th year that the Vietnam Trail Marathon is held in Moc Chau district. This year's tournament has over 4,000 athletes from 40 countries and territories around the world participating. Athletes participate in the following events: 70 km, 42 km, 21 km, 10 km, 5 km. According to the Organizing Committee, this year's race has high professional quality, the number of athletes participating has increased compared to previous years. The race is considered one of the most beautiful running routes in Vietnam. Moc Chau with impressive routes, poetic scenery, and the friendliness and hospitality of the people has brought athletes an unforgettable experience when participating in the Vietnam Trail Marathon 2024 in Moc Chau. Along the way, the athletes met many ethnic people from Son La standing on both sides of the road to welcome and cheer them on, making the athletes participating in the race and tourists feel warmly welcomed.

Participating in the race, athletes are challenged with various terrains, such as lush tea hills, Phieng Canh, Na Ka, and Mu Nau plum valleys, and pristine villages with friendly and hospitable locals. The bright smiles and cheers from tourists and Moc Chau people, along with children in colorful H'Mong, Thai, and Dao ethnic minority costumes running alongside to cheer and offer beautiful flowers, are truly unique experiences that leave a lasting impression on the athletes. Moc Chau District, Sơn La Province, is an ideal location to host international-level sporting events. Along with being voted as the leading natural destination in the region and internationally, Moc Chau has attracted tourists from all over the country and abroad with its natural scenery, climate, and people.

Marathon running is a popular sport and Moc Chau, Son La is continuously a prestigious location for event organizers to choose to organize the Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau. The race is an extremely effective way to promote tourism through sports. Organizing a marathon is not only to attract thousands of athletes to run, but also an opportunity for Son La to promote and develop tourism strongly, bringing in profits for many fields. In addition to the economic benefits that the race brings, thousands of athletes will be tourism ambassadors spreading the image, land and people of that place to their friends and relatives. From this effect, Moc Chau in particular and Son La province in general will increasingly be known by many units as a venue to organize sports, cultural and tourism events.

Through the races, it has been creating a brand and gradually surpassing the framework of a simple sports activity to become an impressive cultural and tourism event, attracting a large number of athletes and fans at home and abroad. With good effects, in the coming time, we will continue to promote and introduce to domestic and international friends the image of the country and people of Son La through large-scale sports events, promising to create a viral effect, contributing to promoting and boosting tourism in Son La province. After each race, everyone will want to return to Moc Chau, Son La in the next times.

Diep Huong