The Finnish fireworks team overtook its Chinese rival to claim the championship of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2024 in the final round held on Saturday evening.

Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Le Trung Chinh (middle) awarded the champion award to the Finnish team (left) and the runner-up award to the Chinese team (right).

The Liuyang Jingduan New-art Display Co.Ltd fireworks team from China was the runner-up of the competition. Meanwhile, the Arteventia team from France was honoured with the Creativity Award, and the Martarello Group team from Italy received the Audience Favorite Award.

In the joy and excitement of the whole team, Mr. Johan Dan Erik Hollaender, leader of the fireworks team from Finland, said "This is a very wonderful event. We have created a miracle in DIFF 2024. We are very happy about the results tonight. We will continue to participate in DIFF next year if we have the opportunity. For us, the Chinese team's fireworks show tonight already surprised many admirers".

In his speech delivered at the closing and awards ceremony for DIFF 2024, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Le Trung Chinh praised the success of this year’s festival as receiving high appreciation from the audience, local residents, and domestic and foreign tourists.

He affirmed that the city will continue to renew the annual event in a bid to satisfy the expectations of both residents and visitors.

“DIFF 2024 has contributed greatly to increasing the city’s tourism and service revenue and attracting more tourists to the city. This is a very good sign for the city to make more efforts in the next events" Chairman Chinh noted.

The city leader added “DIFF 2024 officially ended. Each competition night brought different emotions to the audience. With the success of this year's event, Da Nang hopes that the next fireworks season will continue to be more successful".

Reporting by T.HA, X.DUNG, V.HOANG, Q.CUONG - Translating by M.DUNG