Japan-Viet Nam festival in Ho Chi Minh City expected to attract 180,000
Update: Aug 15, 2016
The fourth annual Japanese festival will take place between November 18 and 20 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Japan-Viet Nam Festival 2016, to be held at the September 23 Park, is a cultural exchange program aimed at promoting tourism in Viet Nam and Japan.

Apart from art and entertainment performances, the festival will feature investment and trade events.

Takebe Tsutomu, a special advisor to the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, and head of the organizing committee, said he expected the number of visitors to the upcoming festival to reach 180,000, up from 150,000 last year.

VNS