The Japan-Viet Nam Cultural Exchange Festival 2019 will take place at the eastern end of the Da Nang-based Rong (Dragon) Bridge between 25 and 28 July.

This year’s festival will see the participation of representatives from Japanese localities with which Da Nang has established bilateral cooperative ties such as Hokkaido, Nagasaki, Mimasaka, Sakai, Yokohama, Narita, Kawasaki, Sakai, Goto and Kisarazu, plus such Japanese agencies as Japan Studen Services Organisation (JASSO), Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) and Viet Nam- Japan Cooperation Centre (VJCC), and many Japanese businesses operating in the city as well. 

The 4-day much-awaited event promises many interesting activities highlighting distinctive Japanese culture and fine arts. Included will be the traditional arts of origami (folding paper to make models), cosplay costume-wearing shows, calligraphy, flower arrangement, martial arts and Japanese-styled tea ceremonies.

In addition, there will be a seminar on Japanese tourism promotion in Da Nang, an international workshop on human resource training cooperation, a Japanese speaking contest and more. Such highly practical events aim to create opportunities for local youths and students to seek internship courses and jobs at Japan-based businesses, hereby, step by step, entering the labour market of this Northeast Asian country.

Besides, within the framework of the festival, a friendship football match between Da Nang’s youths and the Kawasaki Frontale club will be held.