Italy wins Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival

 ĐÀ NẴNG — Italy might not be playing in the World Cup but at the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival on Saturday they were champions.
The Martarello S.R.L. Team lit up the night sky over the Han River and took first place in the competition that has run for the past two months.
They toppled the US team of Atlas PyroVision in the final of the competition which as been running for 10 years.
Eight teams of pyrotechnic professionals from France, China, Sweden Portugal, Poland, Viet Nam, the US and Italy battled it out for top spot over the past eight weeks.But there could only be one winner in the central city, and that was Italy.

The US team Atlas PyroVision show off their design in the Hàn River. — Photo courtesy of DIFF
This year’s theme was The Legend of Bridges and each team's displays were structures from their home countries.
It was the third time an Italian team won the contest after victories in 2011 and 2012.
In 2013, the US team Melrose Pyrotechnics took first spot. Canada’s Davis Whysall took the top prize in 2008, while China’s Liuyang Dancing won in 2009 and France’s Jacques Couturier Organisation won in 2010

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