Authorities of the central city of Da Nang on February 14 met with Japanese partners to fix the schedule for an international parachute festival.

The event is scheduled on May 23-27 along the beach of Pham Van Dong Park. 

On the first three days, tourists will enjoy parachute performances. The last two days will be for parachute competition.

Fifty parachute-jumpers from the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, China, and South Korea will compete in four categories: speed, rescue, teamwork and marks. The scheduled line is 5km long and scheduled height is 50-70m.

The festival will be held with other activities: rural fair, stone-made artwork exhibition, painting exhibition, etc.

The organizing board says that the competition is held to strengthen Vietnam-Japan relationship, to draw tourists to Da Nang and to advertise Da Nang as a city of tourism and festivals.

The total funding for this event is VND15 billion ($750,000), raised from non-State sources, said Than Ngoc Hai Cat, director of Cati, the event organizer.

Cat said that after the festival, Da Nang will set up it sown parachute team and turn the parachute competition into an annual event.

“This is the first step to create a new tourism product,” Cat said.

Source: VNN