More than 300 people join Run For Dong Nai’s Elephants

On the morning of September 19, at Provincial Square Park in Tan Trieu Ward, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Provincial Party Committee member and Vice Chairwoman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee, joined Doan Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry and Forest Rangers (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), along with representatives from 13 Asian elephant range countries and more than 300 athletes in the “Run for Dong Nai’s Elephants”.

Leaders of Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee, Department of Forestry and Forest Rangers, representatives of 13 countries with Asian elephants and athletes joined the run. Photo: Hoang Loc

This program is part of Elephant Conservation Week 2025, currently taking place in Dong Nai. The activity aims to help raise public awareness and promote changes in community attitudes and behaviors toward the protection of elephants in particular and wildlife in general.

For the province, the run serves as a way to spread a message and promote the image of Dong Nai’s nature and people as dynamic, environmentally conscious, and wildlife-friendly.

Some photos of activities at the Run For Dong Nai’s Elephants:

Athletes participate in the Run For Dong Nai’s Elephants. Photo: Hoang Loc

Organizers and athletes take pictures after finishing the run. Photo: Hoang Loc

Mass dance performance For the Kindness to Elephants and Wild Animals. Photo: Hoang Loc

By Hoang Loc - Translated by Minh Hanh, Minho