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VIETNAM TRAIL MARATHON

Race date: January 2025

Welcome to Vietnam Trail Marathon! VTM takes place in Moc Chau, an area famed for stunning blossom-filled orchards, beautiful wild nature, tea plantations and extremely welcoming locals.

VTM is part of the Vietnam Trail Series, established in 2013 with the nation’s first ultra race, VMM.

70k  | 42k | 21k | 10k

VTM - THE TRAILS OF MOC CHAU

Our VTM routes are the result of countless days of research, deep into the hills. The course covers a huge variety of trails and landscapes, taking runners to wild areas rarely visited by anyone but locals. 

A highlight of VTM is running through the area’s famous orchards filled with stunning white and pink blossoms.   

Share trails with local farmers, horses, donkeys, buffalo, wild pigs and more. Run Vietnam Trail Marathon and discover hidden trails, venturing way beyond the usual paths.

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THE PROFILES

You can see the elevation profiles for all the routes to help you select your distance.  

GPX files will also be sent to all runners one week prior to race day. 

70k  | 42k | 21k | 10k

DISTANCES

10km

Ideal for newbies and those looking for a shorter, fast race, our 10km has been designed to include Moc Chau’s beautiful orchards and stunning tea fields.

21km

A stunning route including orchards, jungle, grand vistas and minority villages. After an initial steep hill, this 21k is very runnable, with just a couple of short, technical climbs. It’s a great first 21k for newer runners, or a potentially fast course for mountain runners aiming for speed. 

Elevation gain: 850m

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42km

Join our marathon distance and you will venture through beautiful, remote, hidden villages that are inaccessible by car. The course includes everything from runnable paths to technical sections rarely used, even by locals. Experience orchards, jungle, farmland, tea plantations and a highlight: the famous welcome of the checkpoint 5 villagers!

Elevation gain: 1,900m

70km

This ultra has everything that Moc Chau has to offer. Join our 70k and you will experience the most remote and the most challenging terrain of VTM. This is a hard ultra, but the beauty of the orchards, jungle and wild nature combined with the warm welcome of villagers make it one of the most rewarding you will ever complete.  

Elevation gain: 3,000m

FREE, PRO RACE PHOTOS

Our team of dedicated, pro photographers will be on course and at the finish. Wear your race bib on the front of your body and use our free race photography search to find your photos.

GIVING BACK: VTM CHARITY

VTM is part of the Vietnam Trail Series which has now raised over USD445,000 for good causes. Since 2019 VTM has funded

  • Community projects for poor people of Moc Chau People’s Committee
  • Improvements in Moc Chau hospitals’ neonatal care through Newborns Vietnam
  • Support for kids in crisis through Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation 
  • Surgery for children via Operation Smile

ABOUT US

VTM is part of Vietnam Trail Series, organised by Topas Travel. We are passionate about the outdoors and we started ultra racing in Vietnam with Vietnam Mountain Marathon in 2013. We then added Vietnam Jungle Marathon, this race – VTM, and Vietnam Ultra Marathon (VUM).

PARTNER WITH US

We partner with a range of brands at VTM. If you would like to learn how your brand can work with us, please get in touch! We have opportunities ranging from having a booth at our 5,000+ person expo, to title sponsorship of the race.