Vietnam holds the Terry Fox Run 2015
The Terry Fox Run, chaired by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, the Consulate General of Canada and the HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations, was organised on November 29 at the Phu My Hung area in District 7 in HCM City. This is the 19th year the event has been held in Vietnam.
More than 18,000 local residents and neighbouring provinces from all social strata such as children, students, employees of organisations and businesses, and foreigners attended the run to raise funds for cancer research and treatment activities.
The Terry Fox Run commemorates Canadian cancer activist Terry Fox, who made a Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research in 1980 after losing his leg to osteosarcoma.
Since the first run in Canada in 1981, the event has been held annually in more than 60 countries with millions of participants, becoming the world’s biggest fund-raising campaign for cancer research and treatment.
The 18th run in Vietnam in 2014 attracted 16,500 participants and raised 1.3 billion VND, which was funded for the project of early detection and diagnosis of oral cancer in Vietnam in 2015 and 2016.
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Since the first run in Canada in 1981, the event has been held annually in more than 60 countries with millions of participants, becoming the world’s biggest fund-raising campaign for cancer research and treatment.
The 18th run in Vietnam in 2014 attracted 16,500 participants and raised 1.3 billion VND, which was funded for the project of early detection and diagnosis of oral cancer in Vietnam in 2015 and 2016.
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