HCM City (VNA) - The LanternFestival 2017 will open at Ho Chi Minh City’s Van Phuc Urban Area in Thu Duc districton December 12.
The event will include cultural and artactivities staged by Vietnamese and Korean artists.
It will open with a show of hundreds oflanterns in red, yellow and blue, including 45 big lanterns made by a group ofVietnamese and Korean artisans.
A number of Vietnamese music, dance and circusperformances will also be featured.
The nightly performances will include popstars and young singers such as Diep Lam Anh and Truong Quynh Anh.
The festival’s featured performancesinclude a gala music event on Christmas Eve, which will include 100 singers,dancers and theatre artists in Vietnam and other Asian countries
The artists will stage contemporary musicand dance performances with sound and light effects.
The festival will also include a food andtourist fair with 200 stalls from foreign and domestic companies.
A photo exhibition will introduce colourworks of famous landscapes and tourist destinations in the Republic of Korea,Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
The Lantern Festival 2017 will run throughthe New Year. - VNA
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