Nha Trang sea festival successfully held
                 
Over 100,000 foreign and domestic visitors flocked to the fifth Sea  Festival 2011 themed “Nha Trang – The Sea Rendezvous”, which wrapped up  on June 15 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
   
  Music show at the closing ceremony I] 
 Addressing the closing ceremony, Le Xuan Than, Deputy Chairman of the  provincial People’s Committee and Head of the organising board  underlined that the event sent a message to the people, urging them to  protect marine resources and promote beauty and great values of seas and  islands.
 The ten-day event was colourful with over 60 cultural and sports  activities, such as a bathing festival, a fishing competition, a fish  worshipping ceremony, a sepak takraw competition on the beach, a seminar  on developing bird’s nests as well as music performances by art troupes  from Cuba, the Republic of Korea and France.
 Highlights of the event were a photo exhibition on Truong Sa  (Spratly) archipelago and a display of Truong Sa map made from coffee  beans.
 Initiated in 2003, the event aims to honour, preserve and uphold  special cultural characteristics of Khanh Hoa province as well as  splendid beauty of Nha Trang bay – one of the world’s 35 most beautiful  bays.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  The festival makes good impression on visitors

Nha Trang is well known for its pristine beaches and excellent scuba diving and is fast becoming a popular destination for international tourists, attracting large numbers of backpackers as well as more affluent travellers on the Southeast Asia circuit. It is already very popular with Vietnamese tourists. Nha Trang Bay is widely considered as amongst the world's most beautiful bays. Tourists are welcome to participate in the Sea Festival, held biennially. Nha Trang was the site of the Miss Universe 2008 Pageant on July 14, 2008 and Miss Earth 2010 held December 4, 2010.Besides, Nha Trang was also approved to host 2016 Asian Beach Games.