Kite-flying Festival 2010 takes to the air in the eastern part of southern Vietnam

The Kite-flying Festival 2010 opened on March 24th at the East Sea Tourism Complex in Vung Tau City by the Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The festival attracts the participation of a number of artisans from Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh City, Khanh Hoa, Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.
100 kites made by these artisans will be flown at the same time in the sky over the 700 meters long beach on March 25th. In the mean time, 900 other kites made by the provincial Youth Union Committee members will also be flown over the beach from Nghinh Phong Cape to the area bordering the East Sea Tourism Complex. So altogether 1,000 kites will fly at the same time to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thanglong-Hanoi.