This activity responds to the 2024 Festival for Peace, which will open on the evening of July 6, at this relic.
Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper Nguyen Ngoc Toan said, that the sports cycling movement has developed strongly over the years. However, a large-scale tournament has not been held in Quang Tri. This is also why the "Cycling for Peace" event on the sacred land of Quang Tri was born.
He expresses his hope that the festival would contribute to honouring the values of peace, and be an opportunity to introduce some typical historical relics in the province and promote the image, culture, land and people of Quang Tri, to people at home and abroad.
A group of 600 athletes cycled from the Hien Luong-Ben Hai national historical relic site, to Truong Son National Martyrs Cemetery, then ended at Fidel Park, in Dong Ha City, with a distance of nearly 42km.
At the Truong Son National Martyrs Cemetery, the group offered incense to pay tribute to fallen heroes, giving gifts to families who contributed to the revolution and students in difficult circumstances.
At Fidel Park, delegates and athletes signed the festival's symbolic flag, with the message "Joining hands to build a peaceful world".
This flag will be sent to the UNESCO National Committee, as a message from peace-loving people.
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri Province Hoang Nam, highly appreciated the 'Cycling For Peace' event.
He expressed his hope that each person present at this event would be a messenger for peace, transmitting the desire for peace of the Vietnamese people in general and the people of Quang Tri in particular, in their struggles for peace, and building a message towards a world of peace, stability and prosperity.
