Fireworks light up the Han River on opening night - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
On the evening of May 31, the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival - DIFF 2025 officially opened, marking the impressive return of the most anticipated cultural and tourism event every summer in the central coastal city.
With the theme "Cultural Essence", the opening night of DIFF 2025 officially opened a series of 6 fireworks displays lasting from May 21 to July 12, marking the longest and most magnificent festival season in the 15-year history of DIFF.
Unique fireworks party on the Han River - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
The opening night was a dramatic "collision" between the host team Da Nang (Vietnam 1) and the defending champion Joho Pyro (Finland), successfully creating a brilliant Asian-European cultural reunion in the sky of Da Nang.
As the opening team for the DIFF 2025 season, the host team Da Nang surprised thousands of spectators with a completely new, explosive comeback and skillful fireworks techniques.
Da Nang fireworks team opens DIFF 2025 season - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
For more than 20 minutes, more than 5,000 fireworks simultaneously sublimated, intertwined with music to create a magnificent symphony of light. The four fireworks chapters: harmony, honor, integration, pioneering and glory recount the journey of Vietnamese culture reaching the world.
From the effects of sparkling rain fireworks, soft color-changing fireworks to the waterfall fireworks, fireworks exploding in unison like waves sweeping across the space, the audience is caught up in a flow of emotions from deep to explosive.
Sparkling rain fireworks effect, soft color transition - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
Opening with precisely programmed fireworks effects set to international music Bonjour Vietnam, Titanium, Top of the Rock, depicting a vibrant, integrated and constantly developing city. Then moving to the next chapter, the beloved image of the country's flag appears on the music.
The emotional climax is when the fireworks create the Marble Mountains appearing in the night sky, blending with the ocean waves, as if sending a message of connection and identity of the city by the ocean.
Image of Marble Mountains appearing in the night sky - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
Each fireworks show is a slice of depth, from traditional identity to the aspiration to reach out to the world, from national pride to the spirit of dynamic innovation. The Da Nang team once again demonstrated the role of "storytellers with light", affirming the position of a city of creativity, integration and connection on the international festival map.
Da Nang team plays the role of "storytellers with light" - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
In contrast to the bright, warm and grand performance of the host team from the tropics, the "Nordic Lights" performance of the Finnish team brought a deep and intense atmosphere like the Nordic spirit itself.
With its fiery pop rock melodies, the audience is immediately drawn into the intense emotions of the story of a people living between the ocean and the ice, from thousands of small islands.
Fireworks create the magical aurora phenomenon of Northern Europe - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
The first fireworks burst out in waves, rushing over the shore, then suddenly calmed down with a haunting Nordic ballad reminiscent of wooden boats drifting silently in the mist of the Baltic Sea. Water cannons, the “secret weapon” that made Finland win at DIFF last year, continued to be exploited creatively.
The colors are combined harmoniously like a painting - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
The Finnish fireworks team turned up the drama, switching to a series of high-altitude fireworks. The whole sky seemed to light up with bright green, purple, and pink fireworks, flashing like the aurora borealis, a magical natural phenomenon of Northern Europe, taking the audience straight to the cold Lapland sky.
The interlaced fireworks create a unique effect in the sky - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
In particular, in one fireworks chapter, a Vietnamese song echoed among the Northern European-style fireworks as a friendly greeting, demonstrating the integration and respect for local culture of the JoHo Pyro team. The fan-shaped fireworks clusters, swirling like flying storks, brought a magical moment of intersection between two seemingly unfamiliar cultures.
Finland brings a deep and warm atmosphere - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
Besides the intense competition of light and sound from the competing teams, the audience coming to the opening ceremony of DIFF this year will also enjoy an unprecedented unique art space.
For the first time at a fireworks festival, large-scale outdoor AR technology is available via the Sun Paradise Land application. Not only integrating vivid graphic effects on each paper ticket, this AR experience also extends to the entire poetic Han River space.
A night of brilliant and colorful fireworks - Photo: VGP/Luu Huong
Mr. Le Trung Chinh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City, said that with the theme "Da Nang - a new era", this year's fireworks festival is a space for experiencing the pinnacle, full of emotions of light technology, art, music... This is an opportunity for Da Nang to affirm its aspiration and determination to rise up, an opportunity to affirm its position as "Asia's leading event and festival city" to continue to attract international friends to a dynamic, creative and friendly Da Nang".
After the opening night, the themes and participating teams were: Creative arts, between Vietnam 2 – Poland (June 7); connecting journey, between Canada – China (June 14); sustainable development, between Portugal – UK (June 21); leading technology, between Korea – Italy (June 8); the final night with the theme of welcoming a new era (July 12).
Luu Huong
Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/man-nhan-phao-hoa-dinh-cao-trong-dem-khai-mac-diff-2025-102250601000619937.htm
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