The fourth annual Vietnam Japan Cultural Exchange Festival will be held in Hoi An Town, central Quang Nam Province, from August 5-7, 2006. A memorandum of understanding to this effect has been signed between the Hoi An People’s Committee and the Japanese side. The Japanese co-organisers will bring to the festival cultural traditions such as [...]
The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has worked with various domestic and overseas colleagues to organise a series of cultural events during Vietnamese Culture Month in several big cities in Japan to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnamese-Japanese diplomatic relations. A campaign promoting Vietnam tourism was launched by the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo, [...]
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VA) will open a direct route linking Hanoi and Fukuoka city in southern Japan , where Vietnam ’s third Consulate General is located. The airline plans to operate two flights every Tuesday and Saturday along the route, using Airbus 320 planes. Once operational on the occasion of the 55th [...]
The “Mekong-Japan Tourism and Culture Festival” will open in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 1, one day earlier than scheduled, said a local official on October 21. Around 300 guests, including leaders of the culture and tourism sector of Mekong sub-region countries and Japan and representatives from international organisations will attend [...]
Ho Chi Minh City’s Rong Vang (Golden Dragon) water puppetry troupe, owned by Thai Duong Stage Arts Company, will represent Vietnam to take part in the Kijimura Festa Festival 2009 in Japan at the invitation of Eshio Okinawa Joint Stock Company. The 17-member troupe will give 7 performances in Tokyo and Okinawa between July 20 [...]
Thai Tuan Garment and Textile Co., Ltd. will stage an ao dai Collection show titled “Dong Son Legend” at the International House in Osaka, Japan yesterday, and in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on September 20. Japan will introduce traditional Vietnamese ao dai with Dong Son brass drum patterns, regarded as one of Vietnam’s Cultural Heritages, [...]
There was a lively atmosphere at the sixth Vietnam-Japan Cultural Exchange Festival in the ancient town of Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, on August 15. Japan International Cooperation Agency, Vietnam-Japan Human Resources Cooperation Center, the Japanese city of Sakai and Hoi An’s authorities joined hands to hold the event celebrating the 35th [...]
Hanoians can look forward to the sight and smell of 300 blossoming cherry branches this Sunday as the capital cheers its second Japanese Sakura (Cherry blossom) festival. This year’s event will be much bigger and better than last year, permanent member of the Japan-Viet Nam Cultural Exchange Association Fujisawa Satoshi says. “The festival will have [...]