F1 Vietnam racetrack named after Hanoi

Workers settin up a kerb on the track at the under-construction Formula One Vietnam Grand Prix race track site in Hanoi on Saturday (Feb 15). The Vietnam F1 will take place from April 3-5 and the govt said the current Covid-19 outbreak will not be an issue during the race. - AFP

HANOI: The racetrack of the Formula One Vietnamese Grand Prix scheduled for early April has been named after Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency reported Saturday (Feb 15).

The nine grandstands of the race also took names from Vietnam's popular destinations in a bid to promote the country's tourism, with the main grandstand where the race starts named Thang Long, the ancient name for Hanoi.