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Mud and glory: Vietnam revs up for biggest off-road race Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail

September 11, 2017 by robert Leave a Comment

Swapping his office garb for driving gear, businessman Vu Minh Hung readies for Vietnam’s largest amateur off-road race, a mud-soaked adventure in the nation where professional auto sport is non-existent. He was one of some 80 competitors at last weekend’s race on a hilly track outside Hanoi, the ninth year of a competition that has ballooned in popularity among adrenalin junkies. “There aren’t many thrilling sports in Vietnam. We want to play thrilling sports but there are no opportunities for us. So this is exactly what I’m looking for,” Hung told AFP, speaking after his leg of the race at the mud-slicked course. But the exhilaration comes with a steep price tag. Hung has spent $14,000 souping up his $32,000 Ford Ranger, now covered in colourful racing stickers, despite protests from his family. “My wife and relatives tried to stop me because they said it’s a dangerous and costly hobby. But compared to other men’s addictions I think my hobby is pretty nice,” Hung said. The sport has taken off in Vietnam, where driving addicts like Hung say they can get a safe rush – unlike drug users, alcoholics or gambling addicts. But it’s still far from mainstream in a country better known for its rowdy football fans than for gold-medal athletes. Like all other road hobbies, off-road racing is not recognised as an official sport and therefore does not receive any government funding. Instead, drivers pay out of their own pockets to compete and bring their own 4x4s and… [Read full story]




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