Australia, Italy wow spectators at fireworks fest in Da Nang

Australia and Italy showed off their fireworks during Chasing Your Dreams – the topic of the third night – at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival with breathtaking performances along the Han River on June 17.
Australia, Italy wow spectators at fireworks fest in Da Nang ảnh 1A performance by the Australian team. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - Australia and Italy showedoff their fireworks during Chasing Your Dreams – the topic of the third night –at the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival with breathtaking performancesalong the Han River on June 17.

The Australian performance was built on dance musicand unique light effects to win the hearts of spectators and the jury.

The team also described the ups and downs of thecountry through fireworks performances on the basis of music Mad World andSurvivor, featuring the forest fire in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy demonstrated the antique space and modern lightwith inspiration from a masterpiece Ambiente spaziale a luce nerea (SpatialEnvironment in Black Light) by Lucio Fontana, an Argentinean-Italian painter,sculptor and theorist (1899-1968).
Australia, Italy wow spectators at fireworks fest in Da Nang ảnh 2A performance by the Italian team. (Photo: VNA)
The Italian team played a classic concert night witheffects of fireworks in the skies, creating a night music party with fireworkson the rhythm of ‘Symphony No 5’, and ‘Fate Symphony’, in C Minor, Op.67 byLudwig van Beethoven.

Different Italian fireworks teams previously had takentop prizes at the annual fireworks festival in Da Nang city, including Italy’sMartarello in 2017-18, and Parente Fireworks in 2011-12.

The UK and Poland will play on the fourth night onJune 24.

Da Nang is the only locality in Vietnam to host 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 festival has helped the city win recognition asAsia’s Leading Festival & Event Destination in 2016 and 2022 by the WorldTravel Awards./.
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