A dance performance at the event (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The 4th Ho Chi Minh City YouthFest 2024 opened on March 22 evening with the message “ New generation –Adaptation – Connection and Sharing”.
The three-day event, organised within the framework ofYouth Month to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh CommunistYouth Union (March 26, 1931 – 2024), is expected to attract about 50,000 visitors with exchangeactivities in different spaces, including culture and arts, technology, sports,social skills improvement, and start-up.
Five international youth delegations from Russia, Laos, andMalaysia visited the city on this occasion to work and exchange with localyouth.
Delegates join a fire lighting ceremony (Photo: VNA)Notably, festival goers can enjoy street art playgrounds, alongside a “Light Route” space, exhibitions of traditional cultural products, shows of “aodai” (traditional long dress) and ancient costumes of Vietnam, and the traditional costumes of other SoutheastAsian countries, and cultural exchange activities between Vietnamese youth andinternational ones at the “Young Culture and International Exchanges” space.
Meanwhile, at the “Reading Culture” space, people can readand buy books at preferential prices, and meet with famous authors.
The “Culinary Culture” space offers visitors an opportunityto enjoy typical dishes and learn about the culinary quintessence of regions acrossVietnam. At the “Youth Start-up” space, visitors can buy products frombusinesses run by young people or agricultural products under the “One Commune- One Product” (OCOP) programme.
The "Music - Connection" space features traditional, contemporary, street, and roller skating art performances; anexchange programme for art teams; and a dance group festival titled “Dance for Youth”.
The “Culinary Culture” space offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy typical dishes and learn about the culinary quintessence of regions across Vietnam (Photo: VNA)At the event, experts and successful young entrepreneurs areinvited to share start-up knowledge and experience with young people. Astart-up contest named "Startup Wheel" was launched at the event,seeking for startup ideas.
This year, the youth festival promotes new technologyexperience activities for young people with the "Technology Bus"space introducing many new technology tools and solutions to serve theirlearning and working./.
