Two fireworks teams from Italy and Australia were present in Da Nang very early in preparation for their performances on the third competition night of the ongoing Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023.

The Italian team will bring new effects in their performance tomorrow evening. Photo: HA - HOANG

Performances of DIFF champions

The third competition night of DIFF 2023 is highly anticipated by the audience because this is the reunion of two strong fireworks teams from previous festivals.

The Martarello SRL company from Italy was the champion for two consecutive DIFFs in 2017 and 2018, whilst the Howard & Sons Fireworks team from Australia was also the DIFF 2015 champion and DIFF 2017 runner-up. Therefore, the audience is eagerly waiting for the explosion with differences from these two fireworks teams.

According to Mr. Damiano Baraldo, leader of the Italian fireworks team, his team will bring to this year’s DIFF the latest technologies, aiming to create differences and innovation in their performance.

“To prepare for our performance on Saturday evening, we have prepared a variety of fireworks, including about 600 water fireworks combined with high and medium-level fireworks, along with unique lighting effects and the new way of working. We promise to give the audience a unique performance tomorrow evening” he added.

Evaluating the teams participating in this year's DIFF, Mr. Damiano Baraldo said that each team had its own strengths, so it was difficult to predict which team will win the competition. He remarked fireworks teams from the UK, Australia and Poland were all big fireworks teams in the world, but his team was very confident about their performance.

Meanwhile, Mr. Christian Anthony Howard, a leader of the fireworks team from Australia, revealed that returning to Da Nang this time, the team will bring to the audience a performance with a lot of fireworks, including flying fireworks, single firecrackers, and 200 multiplayer effects.

He showed his interest in returning to Da Nang for this year’s DIFF, and expressed his expression on the friendliness of Da Nang people.

“Italy is a very strong team as having won the DIFF twice. However, this time we will bring new ideas, new products and new music, especially a ‘secret’ weapon that will be revealed this Saturday night, so we are confident we will win the competition" Mr. Christian Anthony Howard said.

Da Nang - a friendly city

Both fireworks teams from Italy and Australia have performed many times at DIFFs, but every time they return to Da Nang, they always feel differences.

Mr. Damiano Baraldo rated Da Nang as a very clean and beautiful city. “It can be seen that Da Nang is a very livable city because at night when walking along the streets, we feel very secure. Another thing we really like is that local people are friendly. When entering restaurants, we are always greeted very warmly and friendly" the Italian leader said.

According to Mr. Christian Anthony Howard, a leader of the Australian fireworks team, each country has its own unique culture and DIFF provides the good opportunity for participating teams to meet and become friends.

“We really appreciate the friendships because after a few years of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Da Nang re-organises the DIFF event with the theme ‘Light up the borderless world’ we can travel freely and meet each other. We have seen that the organisation of DIFF is getting better and better, especially the technical team has much better skills than in previous times” Mr. Christian Anthony Howard added.

With the theme ‘Conquering dreams’, Ms. Nadia Sharika Wong, Director of the Global 2000 Fireworks Consulting Company said that the third night of DIFF 2023 will be an explosive competition between Australia and Italy because these are two heavyweight teams.

Reporting by THU HA, VAN HOANG - Translating by M.DUNG