Vietnam-Korea Cultural Friendship Day 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City. (Source: Korean Embassy in Vietnam)

The program is implemented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam and the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam, together with the Korea Tourism Organization, the Korea Creative Content Agency, the Korean Copyright Commission in Vietnam, the King Sejong Academy Foundation, and the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Products Distribution Corporation.

At the festival, the public will experience many interesting Korean cultural programs and activities such as playing traditional games (Tuho throwing, Bona spinning...); K-Pop dance battle, experiencing K-Pop dance games with cartoon characters.

In addition, there is also the experience of wearing hanbok; enjoying Korean street food; exploring and "checking-in" at the Photozone area with a strong Korean style; participating in the Vietnam-Korea cultural and tourism Quizshow; experiencing taking photos at the Photobooth...

In particular, the stage performance program "exploded" with famous singers loved in Vietnam and Korea such as Kim Sung Gyu (Infinite group), Cho Joo Han, Suni Ha Linh, Orange, Roy Nguyen... and a traditional Vietnamese-Korean art performance from the Namdo National Gugak Center of Korea and many other artists.

In addition, accompanying the "Vietnam-Korea Friendship Cultural Festival 2023" are booths of Korean businesses related to movies, tourism, entertainment, characters...

All promise to bring extremely unique and interesting experiences to the people of Ho Chi Minh City.

The “Vietnam-Korea Friendship Cultural Festival” was held for the first time last year and attracted more than 8,000 people to attend. To continue that success, this year’s event was held on a larger scale to respond to the event of Vietnam-Korea upgrading diplomatic relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

In addition, the festival will also include activities to promote Busan's hosting of the 2030 World Expo.

Director of the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam Choi Seung Jin said: “Unlike the cultural festivals organized by the Korean Embassy and the Korean Cultural Center in Hanoi before, this festival targets Ho Chi Minh City residents - those who do not have many opportunities to participate in Korean cultural events.

Therefore, the Organizing Committee has tried to bring a larger-scale program so that Ho Chi Minh City residents can experience many different types of Korean culture.

At the same time, in the future, the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam will continue to strengthen cooperation and cultural exchanges with many other localities so that people of the two countries can become closer to each other."