HANOI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The 2018 Vietnam Mountain Marathon will take place in Vietnam's northern Lao Cai province on Sept. 22-23, with the participation of some 3,400 runners from 54 countries and regions.

Runners will compete at the six categories of 10km, 15km, 21km, 42km, 70km and 100km in Sapa town, a popular trekking base, its organizers said here on Tuesday.

They will run between villages, through rice terraces, across bamboo bridges and past water buffaloes and cheering ethnic minority people.