Int’l balloon festival opens in Hue

Photo: VNA

The event drew the attendance of nine countries representing for the ninth festival including Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, India, the UK, and Viet Nam.

At the two-day festival, visitors can see hot air balloons which have an average height of 25m, width of 18m, and weight of 300kg in maximum, flying at an altitude of 150m in the radius of 5km.  

The balloon of Vietjet air, representing for the host country, made the opening flight.

Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee Nguyen Dung, the chief organizer, said that the festival represents not only an international-level sport activity but also a cultural and tourism product in the integration period.

Hue Festival is the first contemporary festival in Viet Nam developed from the new concept of festival based on festival models from various cities in the world. As a typical cultural tourism event, which takes place every two years starting from 2000, it brings together excellent arts companies with unique performances from all over the world.

After eight previous events, Hue Festival has gradually developed into a national one with international orientation and contributed to building the reputation for Hue's tourism as well as promoting Viet Nam's culture to the world.

This is the first time the festival is organized on the holiday occasion of Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1)./.

By Kim Loan