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DNO - Businesses and visitors will join the annual Vietnam- South Korea Culture Exchange Festival with a series of art performances, exhibitions, cultural exchanges, trade and investment events on August 1-3.
The festival will host nearly 200 businesses and organisations and cities from South Korea, including Gyeongsangbuk, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, Uiwang, Gyeonggi, Gurye, Yeongam, Jeolla Nam, Muju, Jeollabuk and Da Nang-based investors Dentium, Lotte Duty Free, Havina, S-Talent, Wink Hotel in displaying at 80 pavilions from 4pm to 10pm at the city’s East Sea Park.
South Korean martial artists from Taekwondo and K-Pop performers will participate in the opening ceremony at 7pm on August 1.
Da Nang will also welcome the one millionth South Korean visitor to the city in 2025 during the opening ceremony.
Earlier, a forum on the Korean-Vietnamese sustainable co-operation will be staged at the South Korea-invested Shilla Monogram Da Nang Resort with the participation of 150 participants from 100 businesses and organisations from South Korea and Viet Nam.
Vietnamese and South Korean students will also demonstrate the Korean traditional martial art of Taekwondo and the Vietnamese traditional Vovinam martial art as well as baseball.
Last year, the city’s fishery association and Jeju fishery trade co-operative inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on fishery development.
Uiwang City, Gyeonggi, South Korea and the city's Hai Chau Ward signed a MoU on cooperation and friendship from 2023.
Six universities from South Korea also signed agreements with Da Nang’s Dong A University, while five cities – Changwon, Daegu, Hwaseong, Seoul and Jeju – officially signed friendship ties with Da Nang.
South Korean tourists are seen as one of the largest international visitor segments in Da Nang, with 1.8 million in 2024.The city also reserves a promotion programme for the South Korean market, I Love Da Nang, from August to the end of 2025.
Korean airlines, including Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, Jin Air, Air Busan, Air Seoul and T'way Air all operate their flights from Busan, Seoul, Daegu and Cheongju to Da Nang.
School students from Da Nang had a cultural exchange programme in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi, South Korea, last year.
Da Nang also plans to build tour links between Jeju Island, Incheon, Seoul and other localities, including UNESCO-recognised world heritages Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary in Da Nang.
The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) in Vietnam, Korean Cultural Centres, Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the Korean Cultural Exchange Agency, Korea Creative Content Agency and South Korean communities in Vietnam will be joining the festival.