Yesterday afternoon, a parade of 20 cyclos went along some of Da Nang’s major streets to publicise the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017.

Some of the cyclos with the beautiful ladies in modern ‘ao dai’

Organised by the municipal Tourism Promotion Centre, the parade was one of the city’s cultural activities to welcome in DIFF 2017.

The cyclos all had environmentally-friendly decorations, and featured the slogan ‘Chao Mung Le Hoi Phao Hoa Quoc Te Da Nang’ (Welcoming the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival).

In each was sitting a beautiful lady wearing a modern ‘ao dai’ and carrying one of the national flags of the 8 countries participating in DIFF - Austria, Switzerland, Japan, China, the UK, Australia, Italy, and Viet Nam.

The ladies weaving paper national flags of DIFF’s 8 participating countries

The parade started at the square opposite the Trung Vuong Theatre, and passed along Hung Vuong, Tran Phu, Nguyen Van Linh, Bach Dang, Dong Da and Le Loi.

The parade along Bach Dang

At 5.00pm today (30 April), a similar parade also took place in the city, taking a route from the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge - Vo Van Kiet - Vo Nguyen Giap - Nguyen Van Thoai - Tran Thi Ly Bridge - Asia Park.