Organisers of an event in Vietnam claim to have set a world record after arranging 1,700 cars into the shape of the southeast Asian nation.

The attempt in Hai Phong City was hampered by muddy ground but after around six hours all the vehicles were in place.

The event was orchestrated by the "Otofun" automotive community which called on members to bring their vehicles and contribute the record-breaking effort.

The organisers claimed to have smashed the previous record for using cars to create a map of 750.

The program "folding cars into a map of Vietnam" with a scale of 1,700 cars took place at the Tourist Area in Do Son District, Hai Phong City, Vietnam on July 9th. This is an event deployed and organized by Otofun - the largest automotive community in Vietnam.

Although the rain made the ground in the car parking area muddy, it was difficult to put cars in the parking lot. But after a lot of efforts of the members and the organizers, after just over 6 hours, the national map was completed.

In order to have 1,700 cars, the organizers had to call on people to use personal cars to participate in forming an S-shaped map of Vietnam.

More than 700,000 blocks of sand were rapidly pumped within a month to turn from a 3.5m deep lake into a ground on an area of ​​16ha, spacious and flat, enough for thousands of cars to travel.

This is the third time the program "folding cars into a map of Vietnam" has been held in Vietnam. The first time was in 2011 with 135 cars and the second time in 2016 with 480 cars.

This year, the Organizing Committee will surpass the world record when the number of cars arranged in a map is 1,700 cars.

This is the largest number of cars ever because the current world record is 750 cars as set by Guinness.