The Amazing Race Vietnam 2013


The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2013 is the second season of the reality television game show, The Amazing Race Vietnam. It featured nine teams of two in a race around Vietnam for 300 million₫.
The program premiered on 26 July on VTV3 and will air every Friday.
The host for the second season is Huy Khánh, replacing Dustin Nguyen who directed and hosted the first season.
Model and singer Thu Hiền and Diệp Lâm Anh were the winners of the second season of The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú.

Production

Development and filming

Filming for this show began in June 2013.
This season was also the first time the show had teams travelling outside Vietnam.

Cast

This season was a celebrity edition featuring many celebrities who were chosen to race on the show. The cast was announced on 6 June.
After being eliminated, Tiến Đạt proposed to Hari and she accepted. The two separated in November 2015.

Future appearances

Pha Lê Nguyễn and Hà Việt Dũng, Anh Tuấn Phạm and Thanh Hoa Đỗ Thị, and Nhan Phúc Vinh and Thùy Dung Nguyễn, as well as Thu Hiền Trần Thị and Tiến Đạt Đinh, later returned to compete on the fifth season in 2016. S.T Sơn Thạch also returned to compete on the sixth season in 2019.

Marketing

The show was sponsored by Sting Energy Drink and Singapore Airlines.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data.
  1. Đoàn Mạnh & Linh Sơn initially arrived 3rd, but were issued a five-minute penalty for not getting the clue from BHD Cinema. This did not affect their placement.
  2. Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for trading bowls of beef noodles at Food Creative. Hari & Tiến Đạt and Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa checked-in during the penalty time, dropping Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền to 6th.
  3. Thùy Dung & Đức Hưng initially arrived 7th, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for tracing a number of beans on the dirt. This did not affect their placement.
  4. S.T & Lâm Hùng Phong initially arrived 8th, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "marked for elimination" and not arriving first. Anh Tuấn & Thanh Hoa checked in during their penalty time, dropping S.T and Lâm Hùng Phong to last place and resulting in their elimination.
  5. Pha Lê was unable to complete the Roadblock on Leg 5, and she & Hà Việt Dũng were issued a four-hour penalty at the Roadblock site. Long after every other teams had checked-in at the Pit Stop, Huy came to the Roadblock location to inform them of their elimination, without the four-hour penalty issued.
  6. Đức Hưng & Thùy Dung initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for receiving help from local people to complete the additional task. Three teams checked in during the penalty time, dropping Đức Hưng and Thùy Dung to fifth.
  7. Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh initially arrived 2nd, but had lost their Roadblock clue. They were required to go and retrieve it before being allowed to check in. Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền and Đức Hưng & Thùy Dung checked in while they went back, dropping Linh Chi and Nhan Phúc Vinh to 4th.
  8. Linh Sơn & Đoàn Mạnh served their 30-minute penalty at the start of Leg 8 as they wrote down numbers during the step-counting challenge, which was explicitly prohibited in the clue.
  9. Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh used the Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock in Leg 11. Before using the Express Pass, Nhan Phúc Vinh elected to perform the Roadblock; this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.
  10. Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền and Hari & Tiến Đạt elected not to eat the foul-tasting stew; both teams were issued 45-minute penalties at the site.
  11. Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh initially arrived at the Finish Line 1st, but were issued three ten-minute penalties totalling 30 minutes. Diệp Lâm Anh & Thu Hiền checked in during their penalty time first and won the race, dropping Linh Chi & Nhan Phúc Vinh to 2nd.
  12. Đức Hưng was unable to complete the Roadblock due to injuring his hands, and so Thùy Dung was permitted to complete it for him. Since they crossed the Finish Line last, they were not issued a penalty.

    Prizes

Leg 1 (Ho Chi Minh City)

Airdate: 26 July 2013
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must enter room number 1 in BHD Cinema Icon 68 to find the clue which is hidden under a seat.
In this leg's Detour, teams chose between Đường Phố and Sân Khấu. In Streets, teams had to sells 500,000 dong worth of peanut taffy from a taffy stall in front of Ben Thanh Market for their next clue. In Stages, teams had to sing while standing in four boxes full of worms, caterpillars, swamp-eels, ice cubes and put their head into a box full of rats for each song for their next clue if approved.
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Airdate: 2 August 2013
In this leg's Detour, teams chose between Ngư vụ and Nông vụ. In Fishery, teams had to catch 20 fish in a pond and cook it for their next clue. In Crop, teams had to properly separate and count the soya beans and moon beans for their next clue if approved.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must put a python on their neck and walk up the stairs to the top of the observatory.
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Airdate: 9 August 2013
In this Detour, teams had to choose between Cỏ and Sữa. In Grass, teams had to cut 20 kg of pasture grass and take it to feed the cows. In Milk, teams had to produce two liters of milk from the cows.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to paraglide down the hills of Mui Yen to a target on the ground.
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Airdate: 16 August 2013
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to snorkel in the water and search for an underwater coconut with the next location inside.
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Cá and Chim. In Fish, teams had to pick up a tied up crocodile and deliver it on foot across the ecotourism zone to a marked hut to get their next clue. In Birds, teams had to ride an ostrich around a marked course while holding a glass of Sting energy drink with only one hand. If they spilled less than the designated line on the glass, they would get their next clue.
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Airdate: 23 August 2013
In this Detour, teams had to choose between Cây and Đất. In Tree, teams had to count the number of coffee trees in a marked area. Using this number and following a selection of information, teams had to solve complex math problems to determine how much raw coffee seeds, dried coffee seeds, processed coffee seeds and coffee powder could be created with this amount of trees. In Soil, teams had to use an old cart to transport 250 unbroken bricks along a bumpy road.
In the Roadblock, one team member had to swim up river to the base of the waterfall and then climb a rope ladder to the top. After getting their clue, they would rappel back down and reunite with their partner.
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Airdate: 30 August 2013
Ruins in Quảng Nam.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dive to the bottom of a swimming pool and use a set of keys to unlock some boxes. Once they found a bottle of Sting Energy Drink, they could bring it up to the surface. They then were lifted by pulley up to the building's roof, where they had to throw the bottle into a basket. Teams had 1 minute 30 seconds to complete the diving portion, and one minute to complete the throwing portion. If either of these time limits expired, teams had to move to the back of the queue.
In the Detour, teams chose between Tháp Cao and Hầm Sâu. In High Tower, teams had to take a cable car to the highest point of the Bà Nà Hills, where they would enter a castle. They had to climb up thousands of spiraling stairs and take five boards with random numbers one at a time back to the bottom of the stairs so that they came to an exact total of 20 000. In Deep Tunnels, teams traveled by cable car to the largest wine cellar in Da Nang and had search among thousands of wine bottles for one with a race flag attached to it. During this Detour task, one leg of each team member would be tied together.
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Airdate: 6 September 2013
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to build a traditional broom from scratch.
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Airdate: 13 September 2013
In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Học and Thực Hành. In Học, teams would have to teach a young child from the village to write out a short Vietnamese poem with good handwriting. In Thực Hành, teams had to carry a bucket down to the river, fill it up, and then water some plants to the satisfaction of a local.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to eat a serving of unpleasant-tasting food, including specially-prepared rice, fish and sauce.
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Airdate: 20 September 2013
for this leg of the Race. They were instructed to get their first clue at the Merlion Park, overlooking the Merlion Statue.
In the first Roadblock, one team member had to properly complete a flight simulation training exercise to receive their next clue.
In the second Roadblock, one team member will experience a skydiving simulation inside of a vertical wind tunnel and had to successfully rise to the top of the tunnel.
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Airdate: 27 September 2013
In the only Fast Forward of the Race, both team members had to completely shave each other's heads. They then had to travel to Cát Cò Beach 3, where they had to stand outside of a box in the sand and headbutt a volleyball to each other five times without letting it touch the ground.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to rock climb up the sheer face of a cliff to retrieve a bottle of Sting from inside a basket, retrieving three eggs from baskets along the way.
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Airdate: 4 October 2013
In this Roadblock, one team member had to properly sew an intricate floral pattern onto traditional clothing using a needle and thread.
In this Detour, teams chose between Động Vật and Thực Vật. In Animal, teams had to chase after a tiny piglet with a number attached and corral it into the corresponding pen. They could not touch it or bribe it with food. In Plants, teams had to use a carabao to plow a marked section of a muddy field.
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Airdate: 18 October 2013
In this Detour, teams had to choose between Water Puppet and Library. In Water Puppet, teams had to learn how to perform a water puppet performance and present it to a panel of judges. In Library, teams received a partially filled key for pigpen cipher and had to use this to translate a series of codes, which they had to use to retrieve certain books from the shelves of the library.
In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to participate in a firefighting training exercise. They would use a rope to climb up a building, shimmy around a ledge, and then ascend to the top. There, they would 'rescue' their partner and use the ladder-equipped fire truck to bring them down to safety.
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