On Tuesday, the Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman, Mr Vo Duy Khuong, heard a report about the donations received for the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC 2013), which was held on 29 and 30 April.

According to the VietArt Company which was responsible for calling for donations for this year’s event, over 30.1 billion VND has been raised from about local 90 businesses.  The figure consists of over 20.7 billion VND in cash along with services worth 9.4 billion VND.  A total of 34,000 tickets for DIFC 2013 were issued and the city earned over 6 billion VND from the sale of these tickets, an increase of 1 billion VND over last year.
This year’s event saw a year-on-year 8.2% increase to around 400,000 domestic and foreign visitors to the city over the DIFC 2013 period.

The next DIFC will take place in 2015 and every 2 years after that to avoid boredom, to facilitate better mobilisation of donations for the event, and to showcase the brand name of DIFC to more domestic visitors and foreigners.