Danang to relaunch international fireworks festival
The Danang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) will be held June 3-July 8 next year in the central city after more than two years of pandemic hiatus.
Danang's My Khe beach is one of the most beautiful in Southeast Asia. Photo by The Investor/Thanh Van.
The fireworks displays would happen in the Han River port area. There will be eight participating teams including Vietnam who will display their prowess over five nights - four nights of competition and one finale.
Each team will perform their interpretation of the theme chosen for DIFF 2023 for 20-22 minutes. The DIFF 2023 will have first and second prizes of $10,000 and $5,000, respectively, with a trophy and a certificate.
The festival has had 10 editions, becoming a prominent "brand" for Danang and Vietnam's tourism market.
The festival was suspended in 2020 over the Covid-19 pandemic. Vietnam fully reopened its tourism doors on March 15 with international flights restored after the Covid-19 pandemic was deemed under control.
The country received 2.36 million international arrivals in the first 10 months of the year, 18.8 times year-on-year, but down 83.7% compared to the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
Tourism revenues in the period reached VND19,700 billion ($792 million), 3.9 times year-on-year.
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