_From
Aug.
29th
-
Sept.
3rd
2012,
the
first
Viet
Nam
international
hot
air-balloon
festival
(VIHABF
2012)
will
take
place
in
Phan
Thiet
city,
Binh
Thuan
Province
under
the
theme
‘Binh
Thuan-
Sun
shine
and
Blue
sea’.
The
event
will
be
held
by
the
Binh
Thuan
People’
Committee,
the
Binh
Thuan
Department
of
Culture,
Sports
and
Tourism
and
HCM-based
Chien
Thang
Service
Co.,
Ltd
aiming
to
celebrate
the
37th
anniversary
of
Binh
Thuan
liberation
(1975
–
2012)
and
the
20th
anniversary
of
the
province’s
re-establishment
(1992
–
2012).
It
is
expected
that
the
festival
will
have
the
attendance
of
20
–
30
balloons
piloted
by
around
50
balloonists
from Indonesia,France, Korea, China, Belgium, Japan,
theNetherlands…
Each
balloon
is 22-30
meters
in
height
and
of
16-18
meters
in
diameter.
All
teams
will
perform
twice
a
day
(6:00-8:30
and
16:00-18:00)
and
the
balloon
will
fly
at
the
height
of
200-500
meters
with
speed
limit
is
28km/h.
Furthermore,
there
will
be
5
balloons
anchored
at
festival
area
for
tourists
to
contemplate.
In
addition,
many
side-activities
and
other
performances
for
the
main
festival
will
be
also
taken
place
at
the
same
time.
The
VIHABF
2012
is
considered
as
a
significant
festival
of
local
authorities
and
people
contributing
to
attract
more
domestic
and
int’l
tourists
to
Binh
Thuan.
It
is
hoped
that
the
festival
will
become
an
annual
event
in
the
future.
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by
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Pham
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