HANOI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is expected to host an international firework festival in central Da Nang city in 2017, one of the largest fireworks festivals in Asia, said the organizer on Monday.
According to People's Committee of Da Nang city, some 600 km south of capital Hanoi, organizer of the event, the festival will take place from April 29 to June 24, 2017 under the theme "Shining Ngu Hanh Son (Five-Element Mountains)."
The festival is projected to draw participation of eight teams from countries and regions with strong firework arts like China, the United States, and France among others, reported the state-run news agency VNA.
Inspiring from Da Nang's iconic Ngu Hanh Son mountains, the event will include a series of five fireworks nights named Hoa (Fire), Tho (Soil), Kim (Metal), Thuy (Water) and Moc (Wood). All fireworks nights will be broadcast live on Vietnam's state-run television.
The organizer set a target to lure some two million person-times of tourists during the event, said VNA.
