France wins Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2023
The French team won the championship at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023 after a spectacular performance on the Han River in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 8 evening.
The performance of French team at the DIFF 2023 final (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – The French team won the championshipat the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023 after a spectacularperformance on the Han River in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 8 evening.
The Italian team came second while the Creativeaward went to the team from Poland and the Finnish team got the Audience award.
The performance of the French team (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Le Trung Chinh,said that theDIFF 2023 took “The World Without Distance" as its theme to share amessage of erasing geographical boundaries, and connecting countries and peoples with one another by promoting desires for peace, love, and hope for the bestthings.
The French team wins championship at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2023 after a spectacular performance on the Han River (Photo: VNA)
Held from June 2 to July 8 at weekends, this year’s event featuredteams from the UK, Poland, Canada, France, Finland, Australia, Italy, andVietnam, which all have a long-standing tradition in the art of fireworkdisplays.
The performance of the Italian team (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang is the only locality in Vietnam to have hosted afireworks festival, making it a magnet for the best fireworks producers fromaround the world each year since 2008. It has been building a "FireworksFestival City" reputation to promote it as a top destination in centralVietnam and Asia.
The performance of the Italian team (Photo: VNA)
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The performance of French team at the DIFF 2023 final (Photo: VNA) 
The performance of the French team (Photo: VNA) 
The French team wins championship at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2023 after a spectacular performance on the Han River (Photo: VNA) 
The performance of the Italian team (Photo: VNA) 
The performance of the Italian team (Photo: VNA) 
