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Hai Phong hosts Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange festival

Northern Hai Phong city kicked off a Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange festival together with a cherry blossom exhibition on March 12 to introduce the locals to the beauty of Japan.
Hai Phong hosts Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange festival ảnh 1Visitors at the ​cherry blossom exhibition in Hai Phong city on March 12. (Photo: VNA)

Hai Phong (VNA) – NorthernHai Phong city kicked off a Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange festival togetherwith a cherry blossom exhibition on March 12 to introduce the locals to thebeauty of Japan.

In his opening remarks, Chairmanof the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Tung affirmed the strong tiesbetween Hai Phong city and Japan, which is reflected by 130 Japan-investedprojects in the city, worth 40 billion USD and representing more than 30percent of the locality’s total FDI.

Japan has also been a majorprovider of official development assistance (ODA) for Hai Phong’s key projectsand has supported the city in developing waste treatment plants as well astransportation infrastructure, he said.

The city has establishedrelations with six cities and prefectures in Japan and integrated Japanese inits high school curriculums, the chairman noted, adding that Hai Phong has hada TV channel in Japanese.

Takahashi Anyumu from the JapanNational Tourism Organisation said as Vietnam is among Japan’s key visitormarket, Japan has set up a tourism representative office in Vietnam, the 16th of its kind abroad, to promote the image of the country to Vietnam as well asHai Phong.

The cherry blossom exhibitiontakes place at the city’s central square until March 14 with about 100 cherrytrees gifted by the government of Japan on display.

The government of Japan tookthis opportunity to present Hai Phong a fire truck.-VNA
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