One of the most popular events on both our Championship and Grandmaster Quest calendars is Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau. Taking place in January every year, it’s the ideal event to get back into things after the end-of-year festivities. In 2027, VTM is scheduled on the weekend of 16/17 January with the 70km as the traditional race category to focus on.

Organised by the great crew of Vietnam Trail Series, going to VTM at first looks tough and time-consuming, but thanks to the wonderful bus shuttle arrangements from and to Hanoi and the practical travel packages runners can just sit back and relax all day before arriving in Moc Chau, in itself a popular tourism town and area. Note that the shuttle busses depart from a new place, namely the Snow Beach Cafe - also at the West Lake.

VTM is essentially an A to B race, although the finish line at the tea resort is not that far away from the start venue, which is the event hotel Muong Thanh. The course is incredibly scenic and quite runable when dry. Still, the elevation gain of nearly 3000 hm is to be reckoned with and over the past years we have seen many trail runners blow up in the last 20 km. Last January, the fastest male and female runners were Ricky Sung and Dening Lo, from Taiwan and Singapore respectively.

Registration is open already and can be done easily online via the VTS website linked below.

official vts website