At the Vietnam - Japan Festival in 2022. (Photo: https://english.vov.vn/)The city’s Department of Foreign Affairs saidthe two festivals would be tourism attraction events as part ofa series of programmes marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japandiplomatic ties and closer friendship between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea.
It said the annual Vietnam-Japan CultureExchange, which was introduced in 2014, will be organised at the Bien Dong(East Sea) Park in Son Tra Peninsula from July 13-17.
The festival will display an exhibition foryoung painters and a Japanese comic promotion event on the beach. The Japanesepartners will donate a Japanese comic book collection – ‘Son Goal’ – to Da Nang city, the department said.
The festival will also host a Sumodemonstration, Jazz and piano exchange with Japanese artists, and performancesof Vietnamese and Japanese rock bands.
Vietnamese teenagers and kids will enjoy aJapanese-styled football training course at the festival and a cosplay show aspart of cultural exchange programmes.
Art troupes, artists and representatives ofcities in Japan are expected to join the festival along with different forumsand seminars on business connections, tourism promotion and education in Japan.
The festival has been seen as a favourite sitefor businesses and artists from Sakai, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Kisarazu, Mimasaka,Nagasaki and Kushiro, sharing information and friendship exchange withVietnamese people.
In boosting investment and tourism from the RoKto Da Nang and central Vietnam, the city and the Korea International CulturalExchange Agency will co-host a Vietnam-Korea cultural exchange event atthe park from September 7-9.
It’s expected that Korean artists and Vietnamese performers willstage traditional dance, performances and folk songs, along Korean cuisinecontests and that the chance to try on Hanbok costumes will be offered at theevent.
Korean taekwondo artists will perform for both residents andtourists on the beach stage.
Last year, Da Nang city’s tourism promotion centre, in cooperationwith HanaTour company, launched an Instagram photo contest, ‘Da Nang in MyHeart’, for Koreans living in Vietnam and abroad.
Korean tourists account for 55.4% of international tourists to thecentral city.
The centre said during the tourism boom of the past, at least1,500 passengers visited Da Nang on 12 direct and chartered flights betweenKorean cities and Da Nang per week.
The coastal central city is still a favouritedestination for Koreans, with 1.8 million Korean tourists visiting in 2019.
Both the RoK and Japan opened their Consulates General in Da Nang.
Korean and Japanese languages exchange and study centres werefound at the city’s Dong A University.
Da Nang is a favourable connection among world heritage sites incentral Vietnam, including Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Namprovinces and destinations of Jeju Island, Incheon, Seoul and otherparts of the RoK.
The Shilla Hotels & Resorts – a Korean resort – officiallyopened the five-star Shilla Monogram Da Nang to serve Korean tourists in DaNang and Hoi An, while Japan’s Mikazuki Group debuted the Da Nang-MikazukiJapanese Spa and Resort – a first five-start resort and entertainment centre inDa Nang Bay./.
VNA
