The Organizing Committee

1. The Can Tho Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The department, in coordination with the municipal authorities, has successfully organized many large-scale cultural, sports and tourist activities in the area.

In the Can Tho Marathon - A Heritage Race, the department acted as a co-organizer. It is responsible for managing the implementation and coordinating with relevant authorities to ensure security, traffic, medical aid, and environmental sanitation to ensure runners’ safety on the track.

 

​2. The Vietnam Athletics Federation

As a member of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA), the World Athletics (WA, formerly the IAAF) and the Association of International Marathons and Distances Races (AIMS), the Vietnam Athletics Federation is a social profession organization, gathering many talented professionals of Vietnam’s athletics.

In the Can Tho Marathon – A Heritage Race, the federation acts as a co-organizer, responsible for the professional matters of the race such as issuing the terms and conditions, arbitration, calculating runners' achievements, building goals, selecting and inviting professional runners from home and abroad to participate in the marathon.

 

3. Duc Huong Anh Company Limited (DHA Vietnam)

​Established in 2007, Duc Huong Anh Company Ltd (DHA Vietnam) is a professional agency with in-depth experiences in Event Management and Communications for both global and local businesses, corporations, governmental agencies, NGOs, banking and financial groups in Vietnam and, in particular, for sport events.

DHA Vietnam is supported by international consultants and has learnt a lot of experience in the organization of the world’s major international marathons such as Berlin Marathon, Tokyo Marathon and Paris Marathon... which it has applied in organizing races in Vietnam.

The company has successfully organized many sport events, such as Hoi An Walking Days with over 5,000 participants, a series of fun-run events named Happy Color Run in several major cities and provinces such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Danang and Nha Trang, with the participation of over 12,000 young people as well as a number of marathons across the country. They include Halong Bay Run in 2014, Halong Bay Half Marathon in 2015, Halong Bay Heritage Marathon annually in 2016-2020; Hanoi International Heritage Marathon 2018, VPBank Hanoi Marathon Heritage Race 2019, Can Tho Heritage Marathon 2019, Can Tho Marathon – A Heritage Race 2022, VPBank Hanoi Marathon ASEAN 2020, VPBank Hanoi Marathon 2021-2022.

Furthermore, DHA Vietnam has supported and consulted multi-national corporations, governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations of wide varieties.

DHA Vietnam is experienced in developing proposals and event management for international and regional conferences (MICE services): from very first steps of bidding to lobbying activities and winning as the host country, attracting target participants, and smoothly operating as a tour agent for all logistic matters: visa application, flight booking, accommodation, transportation, workshop, conference, exhibition, parties, gala dinners and technical tours, as well as sightseeing tours.