Higashi Hiroshima festival promotes Vietnam-Japan cultural exchanges, friendship
VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Japan festival took place in Higashi Hiroshima city of Japan’s Hiroshima Prefecture on February 18, featuring a myriad of exciting activities to celebrate Vietnam’s lunar New Year and diplomatic relations between the two countries (1973-2024).
Addressing the event, Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai noted the festival marks the start of a score of festive activities and forums to be held this year aimed at strengthening friendship and promote the image of the country and people of Vietnam to the regions of Japan and vice versa.
Through the festival, the organizing board expects Japanese people and international friends to understand more about Vietnam’s development potential, especially in tourism, agriculture, and industry, as well as about the Vietnamese community in the South Central region of Japan and their activities to increase all-round cooperation between the two countries, stressed the diplomat.
On display across dozens of booths were handicrafts, tourism products, and food from both Vietnam and Japan.
Around 300 participants had the chance to make Japanese cakes, experience traditional musical instruments, and watch calligraphy performances.
Vietnamese students from Hiroshima University sang songs praising the love for the homeland and held "Múa Sạp", a traditional bamboo dance that originates from the northwest highland region of Vietnam and is usually performed to celebrate special occasions like the lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.
