Event schedule
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION | ||
| FRIDAY 11/12/2020 | ||||
| 09:00 | 21:00 | Marathon Village opens | Marathon Village | Marathon Village – Empire city Functional Area 2B, Thu Thiem, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 09:00 | 20:30 | Athlete Check-in open | Marathon Village | |
| 09:00 | 1,000 vouchers from LEEP.APP for the first 1,000 people to receive race kit at Race kit pick – up area | Race kit pick up | ||
| 09:00 | 10:00 | Press Conference & Opening Ceremony | Stage | |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Race Briefing | Stage | |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Lucky draw for the first 500 to recceive race kit Appealing travelling kit from Luxstay, high quality loot bags from Xtep |
Receive lucky number at Check – in Tent, the lucky draw happens on stage | |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Happy Hours 15 – 20% discount at F&B area | F&B Area | |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Band Performance | Stage | |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Race quiz – get gifts with Onways – Sponsor of Finisher T – shirt 42km |
Stage | |
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Race Briefing | Stage | |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | Band Performance | Stage | |
| 17:00 | 18:00 | Nutrition workshop with 365Begin | Stage | |
| 18:00 | 20:30 | Music Night | Stage | |
| 21:00 | Marathon Village closes | Marathon Village | ||
| SATURDAY 12/12/2020 | ||||
| 08:00 | 20:00 | Marathon Village opens | Marathon Village | Marathon Village – Empire city Functional Area 2B, Thu Thiem, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City |
| 08:00 | 20:00 | Athlete Check-in open | Marathon Village | |
| 09:00 | 09:30 | Start the day with Dance Class with LEEP | Stage | |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | Talkshow “Bước chạy vì một Việt Nam vượt trội” | Stage | |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Race Briefing | Stage | |
| 14:45 | 15:45 | Kid’s activities with AEG | Stage & around F&B area | |
| 16:05 | 16:15 | KIDS RUN Group Warm-Up | Stage & around F&B area | |
| 16:15 | 17:15 | Start KIDS RUN | Start line of KIDS RUN | |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Race Briefing | ||
| 17:00 | 18:00 | Band Performance | Stage | |
| 20:00 | Marathon Village closes | Marathon Village | ||
| SUNDAY 13/12/2020 | ||||
| 03:00 | Hoa Lu Stadium(*) parking lot opens | Hoa Lu Stadium, Dinh Tien Hoang, Da Kao, District 1 | Start Line, Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ben Nghe, District 1 | |
| 03:30 | 12:30 | Le Duan & Nguyen Binh Khiem street closures commence | ||
| 03:00 | 04:15 | Bag Drop open for Marathon & Half-Marathon | Nguyen Binh Khiem – Nguyen Huu Canh side | |
| 04:30 | 05:25 | Bag Drop open for 10km & 5km | ||
| START TIMES / BẮT ĐẦU ĐUA | Start Line, Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ben Nghe, District 1 | |||
| 04:30 | Start Marathon & Half-Marathon | |||
| 05:40 | Start 10km | |||
| 05:45 | Start 5km | |||
| Cut off time (**) Marathon (42,195km): 8 hours Half Marathon (21,1km): 4 hours 10km: 2 hours 5km: 1 hours Athletes who fail to finish the race distance within the time frames set out above for their event will be removed from the course and will register a DNF (Did Not Finish). While on the course, ALL athletes must comply with race officials at all times. |
Marathon Village – Empire city Functional Area 2B, Thu Thiem, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City | |||
| 07:00 | 14:00 | Shuttle buses to commence operation to Hoa Luu Stadium** (Ho Chi Minh City Television – HTV) | ||
| 06:00 | 13:30 | Bag Pick Up opens for Marathon & Half Marathon Athletes | Marathon Village | |
| 06:30 | 13:30 | Bag Pick Up opens 10km & 5km Athletes | Marathon Village | |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | Recovery Area: 1/ Effective relief at ACC Pools 2/ Stretching session with UPFIT 3/ Chill with beer at Heineken space 4/ Enjoy the cake/ice cream and drinks at INN Saigon booth 5/ Experience frozen drink at Want Want space. 6/ Recover your energy with 365 nut bar. 7/ Hydrate at Lavie booth 8/ Have give-away gift with Phiten 9/ Have the special chocolate drink at Puratos space. 10/ Display products at Hisamitsu booth |
Recovery Area | |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | Chill time with music – band performance | Stage | |
| 08:35 | 09:00 | Stretching session with UPFIT | Recovery Area | |
| 09:00 | 09:25 | Marathon Vietnamese Open Category Awards | Stage | |
| 09:25 | 09:35 | Charity recognition | Stage | |
| 09:35 | 09:50 | Stretching session with UPFIT | Recovery Area | |
| 09:50 | 10:30 | Age Group Awards | Stage | |
| 10:30 | 10:45 | Techcombank Zone winners | Stage | |
| 11:00 | 11:10 | Stretching session with UPFIT | Recovery Area | |
| 11:10 | 13:30 | Chill time with music – band performance | Stage | |
| 13:30 | Close Finish Line & Marathon Village | Marathon Village | ||