Accordingly, the 5th bicycle race “Returning to Dien Bien Phu in 2024 – People’s Army Newspaper Cup” was held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954 – May 7). /2024). The race takes place from May 1 to 5, participating riders come from 10 racing teams, a total of about 300 people from 10 racing teams, including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Military Region 7, An Giang , Dong Thap, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Vinh Long, Thanh Hoa, Hoa Binh.
Racers compete on a total route of 525km, from Hanoi capital to Dien Bien Phu city (Dien Bien province). The 5 races are a chapter recalling the heroic tradition: stage 1: “Thang Long – thousand years of civilization” with a distance of 40.8km, around Hoan Kiem Lake; Stage 2: “All troops launch” with a distance of 132km, from Hanoi to Mai Chau (Hoa Binh); Stage 3: “Opening the way to the Northwest” with a distance of 136km, from Van Ho district (Son La) to Son La city; Stage 4: “Entering Muong Thanh” with a distance of 157km, from Son La city to Dien Bien Phu city (Dien Bien province) and stage 5: “Song of Victory” with a distance of 40.8km, around the city Dien Bien Phu.
At the end of the race, the Organizing Committee will award prizes to individuals and teammates. In addition, in each race, the Organizing Committee awards the first to fifth ranked riders, respectively 10 million, 7 million, 5 million and 2 million VND in prize money (fourth and fifth place riders). Each stage will receive a reward of 2 million VND/athlete). In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded prizes along the way for each stage to three riders, corresponding to 2 million, 1.5 million and 1 million VND.
Major General Doan Xuan Bo – Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Army Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee, said that during the race there will be many social security activities and gratitude for the Organizing Committee’s coordination with sponsors and governments. Local authorities carry out policy activities, including: donating 12 gratitude houses (2 houses in Dien Bien worth 80,000,000 VND/house, 10 houses in Nghe An worth 50,000,000 VND/house); Build a school worth about 6.5 billion VND in Dien Bien; awarded 30 sanitation projects to schools worth 60 million VND/project in Hoa Binh, Son La, Lai Chau; giving gifts to policy beneficiaries in Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Son La, each province, into 20 gifts; 200 gifts for policy families in Dien Bien Phu City, worth 500,000 VND/gift; and 127 gifts for veterans, young volunteers, and frontline civilians participating in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign living in Dien Bien province, each worth 2 million VND. Estimated total cost is about 9.5 billion VND.
In addition, the Race Organizing Committee also organized a contest to learn about Dien Bien Phu in the form of multiple choice on the People’s Army Newspaper, a photo contest “Race Moments” on the online platform Facebook and the People’s Army Newspaper. people; Displaying photos of the race’s organization and photos of reporters working at the Dien Bien Phu battlefield.
