Nearly 200 kites, flown by 21 teams from across Vietnam, competed in the kite festival on Cua Dai Beach.

The 7th annual kite festival, which took place on May 21, was organised by the Hoi An Sports and Culture Office along with the Victoria Hoi An Hotel. This year’s theme was “Victoria-Hoi An and Sea”, and focused on raising awareness of problems facing the local ecological system.

This year’s festival was grander than in past years.

The first prize was awarded to Nguyen Truong Huy, whose kite resembled an octopus.

In the meantime, a ray kite and a starling kite won the second prize.

Photos of the festival:

Kite made to look like a flag

Flying frogs

Mandarin kite

Parrots take wing

Diver in the sky

The octopus

Lobster kite

A squid above

Kites add colour to a bright day