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Mar 02, 2016 / 22:10

World Cultural Festival to take place in HCM City

The World Cultural Festival will help promote Vietnamese culture and land to international friends and attract more tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and other countries to HCM City.

The Prime Minister agreed to the proposal of HCM City and RoK's Gyeongsangbuk-do province to co-host the World Cultural Festival in November 2017, a biennial exchange to introduce cultures of participating countries. 
The festival will create a chance for visitors to enjoy food, music performances, fashion shows, movies, and literature pieces as well as join trade and investment activities. 

 
HCM City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the RoK will co-host the World Cultural Festival in November 2017.
HCM City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the RoK will co-host the World Cultural Festival in November 2017.
The event, which is funded by the RoK Government, is chaired by the RoK Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
The first festival of this kind begun in 1998 in the RoK.
The event is expected to be organised within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum 2017. 
The festival will help promote Vietnamese culture and land to international friends and attract more tourists from the RoK and other countries to HCM City.