According to the Da Nang Department of Tourism, the total number of tourist arrivals to the city during the nearly 2-month-long Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 has climbed by 50% against the previous months.

The winners of the ‘e-Fireworks Contest 2017’ receiving their prizes

Despite the unfavourable weather conditions on some of the performance nights, DIFF’s organising board have made great efforts to ensure the safety of visitors to the shows.

The festival has played a significant role in promoting the city’s tourism sector, and the local socio-economic development as a whole.

Mr Dang Minh Truong, the General Director of Sun Group, remarked “To date, a total of over 129 billion VND has been spent on organising this year’s DIFF.  A total of 41,420 tickets have been sold so far, bringing in a total of over 16.2 billion VND”.

The grand finale of DIFF takes place tomorrow, 24 June, when viewers will be treated to wonderful displays by the 3 teams judged to have been the best this year - the UK, Australia, Italy. 

The festival’s General Director Le Quy Duong said “One of the highlights of tomorrow’s final performance night, which has ‘wood’ as its theme, will be the interesting musical programme.  It will feature numerous Vietnamese and South Korean singers and artistes, including singers Dang Duong and My Linh and violinist Jmi Ko”.

On Thursday, the organising board of DIFF 2017 presented awards to the winners of the recent competition for computerised fireworks displays entitled ‘e-Fireworks Contest 2017’.

The contest was part of DIFF 2017 and was held between April and June. The intention was to draw the public’s attention to DIFF 2017, and to raise awareness about the significance of IT applications in various aspects of social life.

In the end, a group from the city’s Duy Tan University, namely Vo Nhat Quyen, Tong Xuan Hoa, Tang Ho Khanh Linh and Mai Phu Quy, won the 1^st prize of 20 million VND for their work entitled ‘Da Nang - Hon Ngoc Tho’ (Da Nang - A Rough Pearl).

The 2^nd prize of 10 million VND was given to Nguyen Tan Thanh from the University of Education for his entry called ‘Thon Thuc Song Han’ (The Sobbing of the Han River).  Nguyen Trong Tuan from Ha Noi received the 3^rd prize of 5 million VND for his work named ‘Hello Viet Nam’.