Tightening the Vietnam-Japan friendship through culture
The Kimono – Ao dai Fashion Show will serve as the opening event for a string of cultural exchange ahead of the 50th anniversary of both nations’ diplomatic relations this month. How would you evaluate the Vietnam – Japan relationship over the last 50 years, especially in the field of culture? Japan-Vietnam relations are at the best stage ever, reflected in the political and economic fields through specific examples such as Vietnam becoming an attractive investment destination for Japanese enterprises. The number of Vietnamese in Japan is currently about 500,000, increasing 10-fold in the last nine years and making positive contributions to the development of Japan. We want to create an opportunity for the people of the two countries to better understand the similarity and closeness in culture and history. Many cultural exchange programmes will be organised with the aim of conveying this message, further tightening the friendship of the two peoples and affirming that cooper...