Dozens of international windsurfers gather at Mui Ne beach for the 17th Vietnam Fun Cup International Windsurfing Race

After 16 years of successful events, the Vietnam Fun Cup has already reached maturity and is ready to enter the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA). This year again, the race will be giving the competitors, both women and men divisions, a taste of Vietnamese beach life on Mui Ne beach. The 17^th Vietnam Fun Cup International Windsurfing Race has offered chances for professional worldwide athletes to demonstrate their awesome and skilled windsurfing performances. On the other hand, it also opened up opportunities for the locals and visitors to behold freely outstanding performance.

The raceis really an interesting sport event, creating a wholesome playground for travelers in Mui Ne - Phan Thiet and broadcasting Binh Thuan tourism. Remarkably, this year’s Fun Cup isn’t just about racing, but it serves another very important purpose, a charitable activity, which helps to connect the kind hearts of many domestic and international philanthropists, sponsors, guests with the 24 unlucky children of the La Gi Orphanage and School for blind and disabled children at the closing ceremony held on Feb 27^th. All proceeds of the Fun Cup will go to the La Gi Orphanage and School for blind and disabled children.

“This is the first time I have chance to participate the race. Mui Ne is one of the best place to play windsurfing because of favorable condition with strong wind and big swell”, said Mr. Katsuo Nagai, a new racer from Japan.

By My Thien