Phan Thiet ready for world windsurfing grand slam 2011

Posted by admin on March 1, 2011 under Vietnam Travel in the South, Vietnam festival, Vietnam travel News | Be the First to Comment

Grand slam in mui ne

Boasting a long coastline, which is favourable for sea sports, Mui Ne bay in the central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet city, is selected to be the first destination of the 2011 PWA Grand Slam, to take place from Feb. 25-March 5.

According to the organising board, 12 members of the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA), 116 professional windsurfers, including 20 female athletes have registered to attend the competition, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Windsurfers will compete in men’s and women’s slalom and freestyle categories.

The Vietnam 2011 PWA Grand Slam is one of the most four important competitions of PWA in rating windsurfers, which are held annually.

Apart from the competition in Vietnam, the rest three tournaments will beheld in Aruba from June 19-26, Spain from July 27-1 and in Germany from Sept. 23-Oct. 3.

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Source: VNA

Nha Trang Sea Festival 2011 to kick off

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With the title “Nha Trang- the Sea of Rendezvous”, the Sea Festival 2011 will be held from June 11th to 15th by the Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee.

Unlike previously, the Sea Festival 2011 will take place at three famous tourism sites along the Tran Phu coastal street (Nha Trang City), Bai Dai Beach (Cam Lam District) and Doc Let beach (Ninh Hoa Town) with 50 activities such as the Miss Khanh Hoa Contest, Road Festival, Cau Ngu (fish worshipping) Ceremony, “Swallow’s Nest Festival”, Trade Fair of Vietnamese High-quality Products, Film Week, traditional art performances and so on.

Most of these activities describing “Nha Trang- Khanh Hoa- a civilized and friendly destination” will be at the February 4th Square with participation of many artists and art delegations not only from different provinces and cities and from the Republic of Korea, Cuba, France and China.

Noteworthy is that, the festival will observe a day to introduce Truong Sa Island District through a photo exhibition, songs of Truong Sa soldiers, a seminar and a film show on Truong Sa for local people and visitors to know more about this sacred part of the country’s territory .

Nha Trang Sea Festival is held every two years since 2003 to demonstrate traditional and modern cultural values with an effort to preserve and bring into play the nation’s cultural quintessence.

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Source: ANTD