This year’s festival, inspired by the connection between individuals and culture, combined elements of traditional music, folk performance, and contemporary creativity, celebrating the unique identity of every Vietnamese person. It brought audiences on a nostalgic journey to childhood, a place full of affection, innocence, and timeless purity in the face of life’s challenges. Each artistic performance and activity served as a reminder to preserve these cultural and spiritual values.

Vietnam Week featured a wide array of cultural showcases and interactive activities deeply rooted in Vietnamese identity, including interactive art exhibitions recreating personal growth milestones, a vibrant parade with martial arts and folk dance performances (V-STEP), and a mass dance and musical performances of childhood songs intertwined with theatrical storytelling and appearances by familiar fairy tale characters.

It also introduced hands-on experiences like Dong Ho painting, conical hat decoration, shuttlecock kicking, and traditional folk games, and a sampling of iconic Vietnamese foods such as phở (instant noodles), fried spring rolls, and peach tea.

The highlight of the event was the grand show titled “A Dim Light Amid the Black Ocean,” the largest performance during Vietnam Week. Blending traditional and contemporary dance, music, martial arts, and fashion, the grand musical production served as a powerful cultural manifesto from the young Vietnamese generation in a global context.

This emotionally charged artistic space bridged past and present, national identity and global integration. It not only concluded Vietnam Week with a spectacular show but also opened a platform for artistic and cultural dialogue, inspiring international students at APU with messages of patriotism, national pride, and a mission to preserve and innovate Vietnamese culture with depth and humanity.

At the closing ceremony, Vu Chi Mai, Consul General of Vietnam in Fukuoka, noted that Vietnam Week 2025 is not only a cultural highlight in APU’s multicultural environment but also a meaningful opportunity to promote the beauty of Vietnamese people, culture, and traditions to Japanese and international friends.

She praised the event’s symbolic themes, strong student commitment, and their aspiration to popularise Vietnamese values globally, showcasing the positive cultural integration of the young Vietnamese generation in Japan, especially in Oita Prefecture, which has long welcomed and supported Vietnamese students.

Vietnamese students, she noted, are more than just learners, they are cultural ambassadors to help strengthen Vietnam–Japan friendship.

Mai also reaffirmed her commitment to supporting APU’s 213 Vietnamese students, encouraging the university to help them thrive academically while continuing to promote Vietnam’s culture and people abroad.

Vietnam Week at APU is part of the university’s Multicultural Week series, aimed at promoting cultural exchange among students from over 160 countries. First organised in 2003 under the patronage of the Vietnamese Consulate in Fukuoka, the event has evolved over 22 years into an annual tradition with strong identity and widespread impact.

Thousands of international students and locals experienced this year's Vietnam Week, which strengthened people-to-people ties and further deepened the extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan.

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