Mui Ne

Mui Ne hosts Le Fruit Triathlon

Hcm City-based VietAdventure has announced that 120 competitors, mainly from Canada, France, Japan, Singapore, the UK and the US, will participate in the Le Fruit Triathlon. The event will take place in Binh Thuan Province’s Mui ne on June 1.

The first of the three-part competition is a 500m sea swim. The competitors will then ride mountain bikes to the sand dunes covering some 40km around Mui ne before shifting to the final challenge, an 8km run on the beach.

This is the sixth triathlon competition organised by VietAdventure. For further information, call 08 512 1262.

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Mui Ne hosts Le Fruit Triathlon

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