In opening the festival on November 4, Mayor of Fukushima Kohata Hiroshi expressed his pleasure at the development of friendship between the city and Vietnam.

He said in June 2019, Fukushima welcomed Vietnamese athletes to train for Tokyo’s Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.

Vietnamese students in "ao dai" performance at the festival.

As a “host town” of Vietnam, Fukushima has invited the Vietnamese women’s football team and plans to invite the Vietnam U19 squad to train in Japan, he added.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam expressed his deep sympathy with Fukushima people who were seriously affected by Typhoon Hagibis last month, and said he hoped they will soon overcome the consequences of the natural disaster.

Regarding relations between Vietnamese and Fukushima localities, the ambassador said Vietnam has started importing pears from the Japanese prefecture.

He said he was glad to know that many Vietnamese people have chosen Fukushima to live and work.

After the opening ceremony, participants engaged in special cultural and art performances staged by Vietnamese and Japanese artists.

Visitors also had an opportunity to taste traditional Vietnamese food.

Vietnam-Korea Culture-Culinary Festival 2019 to be held in Hanoi

The Vietnam-Korea Culture and Culinary Festival 2019 will take place in Ly Thai To Square near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi from November 8-10, the Republic of Korea (RoK) Embassy in Vietnam announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on October 31.

Bac Giang honors 22 typical agriculture products and awards farmers’ technical innovation contest.

(BGO) – The Farmers’ Association in Bac Giang province on October 30 joined hand with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Industry and Trade to hold a ceremony to honor the second typical agriculture products in Bac Giang province and award the 8th Farmers’Technical Innovation Contest in 2019. 

Yen The promotes investment in agriculture-tourism development and consumption of hill chickens

(BGO) - On October 26, the People's Committee of Yen The district held a conference to promote investment in agriculture and tourism development and consumption of Yen The hill chickens in 2019. Attending the event were Nguyen Xuan Cuong, member of the Central Party Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; and Bui Van Hai, member of the Central Party Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the provincial People's Council.

Korean Culture Day takes place in Da Lat city

Korean art troupes will perform at the Korean Culture Day held in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on October 26.

Vietnamese culture and cuisine impress French people

A programme promoting Vietnam’s heritage and cuisine was held in the town of Argelès-sur-Mer in the south of France on October 17-18.

Source: VNA