Attending the ceremony were Mr. Ho Thanh Tung, Acting General Director of CMC Corporation, Mr. Nguyen Viet Phuong - Chief Representative of Operation Smile Vietnam and Mr. Nguyen Quang Chien - Co-founder/Deputy Director of 84 Race.

At the ceremony, representatives of the three parties expressed their joy to officially accompany each other in a meaningful charity run to bring smiles back to unfortunate children born with cleft lip and cleft palate.

“Inspiring Run CMC 28” is a race in a series of events to celebrate the 28th birthday of CMC Corporation. This is also an occasion for 3,000 officers and employees of CMC to share the same heart beat and live positively for themselves and for the society.

Mr. Ho Thanh Tung, Acting General Director of CMC Corporation explains the meaning of the race to a VTV reporter

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Ho Thanh Tung, Acting General Director of CMC Corporation said: “Organizing a race event to connect people has great social meanings and helps us to get closer to each other. In addition, through the cooperation between CMC, Operation Smile and 84 Race, we want to encourage and promote sports activities in the corporation as well as to organize meaningful charity programs and ensure our social responsibility to the community. We also look forward to the participation of our clients, partners and the runner community to bring 28 smiles to children through Inspiring Run CMC 28”.

The charity race is organized by CMC, Operation Smile and 84 Race to support Operation Smile Fund. It guarantees to provide a maximum amount of 280 million VND, equivalent to 28 surgical operations for children with congenital cleft lip and cleft palate.

For every kilometer run by officers, employees, clients and partners of CMC, Operation Smile Fund will receive 1,000 VND (the amount is doubled in the weekends). “Inspiring Run CMC 28”  is the largest-scale race of CMC and the first race with the participation of its friends, clients and partners as well as the runner community. Runners will register to run individually or as a team on the website of 84 Race here  .

As the situation of Covid-19 is getting more complicated, it is necessary to protect ourselves and be more responsible to the community. That's why CMC Corporation chose to organize a virtual race. Runners are also advised to comply with regulations of no gathering and ensure to keep a safe distance for everyone in the race.

Appreciating the practical and humane meanings of the race, Mr. Nguyen Viet Phuong, representative of Operation Smile Fund - the institution accompanying "Inspiring Run CMC 28" - said: “We hope that businesses like CMC can support and join hands with Operation Smile to further spread the message of “Sports change lives”. Operation Smile also hopes to help more people, bring more smiles and create positive changes. That is also the goal that both CMC and Operation Smile are heading towards”.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Phuong - Chief Representative of Operation Smile Vietnam (left) expresses his pleasure to cooperate with CMC in a meaningful charity program

Mr. Nguyen Quang Chien, Co-founder/Deputy Director of 84RACE - the institution that used to cooperate with CMC in many previous races - also feels happy to join CMC in this charity run: “We hope that through the platform of 84 Race, we can call for more runners to participate in the race, so that there will be more than 28 smiles to be restored. It is our pleasure to accompany CMC to bring back smiles to children. We hope that with our experience, 84 Race will do its best to help the race become a great success”.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Chien, Co-founder and Deputy Director of 84RACE hopes that through the platform of 84RACE, many runners will join the race and more smiles will be restored.

During more than 28 years of establishment and development, CMC has always shown a high sense of responsibility to the community through practical charity activities. As a leading ICT company in Vietnam, CMC determines that business development will be associated with responsibilities to the society and the community, so as to truly contribute to building Vietnam into a powerful country.

During the peak of the fight against Covid-19 epidemic in April 2020, CMC provided support packages to three hospitals: National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bach Mai Hospital (Hanoi) and Can Gio COVID-19 Field Hospital (Ho Chi Minh City) with a total amount of more than 3 billion VND. Over 3000 officers and employees of CMC contributed one day of their salary to help buy necessary medical equipment, support doctors and patients during Covid-19 epidemic.

In December 2020, as part of the campaign "CMC people together with the Central region overcome the