Published:  10:27 Friday - July 08, 2011

Hoi An ancient city People’s Committee will coordinate with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam and the Japan Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam to organize the 9th Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange on August 21st and 22nd.

This is a good chance to promote Hoi An travel as well as Vietnam travel in general, especially more strengthen friendship relationship between Vietnam and Japan.

Diverse cultural activities and folklore games such as demonstrations of Kimono, Yukata and Vietnamese ao dai, boat racing and an exhibition on artistic and news photos will take place during the festival.

Tourists will also have an opportunity to watch artisans from traditional villages in Hoi An city making products.

Artisans from Japan will perform the art of making traditional cakes and packing gifts with the traditional Japanese Furoshiki scarf.

On this occasion, young people in Hoi An city will participate in the forum to change the bad habit of dropping litter and provide information to improve people’s awareness of responsibility to the environment.

Opening program will be held on 08/21/2011 at 19:00 at An Hoi Garden – Hoi An with  performances of dance,music,opera, and folk songs of Vietnamand Japan together with the participation of professional singers in Japan.

This year, the night of the closing ceremony will held in a warm space of the camp-fire with folk games, dances and flower lights festival.

The 9th Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange is said to be very attractive and there will be many tourists in Vietnam as well as foreign tourists coming this event. Travel tours to Hoi An are also very crowed on this occasion.