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Curtain comes down on Korean Day in Quang Nam

The Korean Day programme concluded in Tam Ky city, the central province of Quang Nam, on December 16 after entertaining visitors with a range of activities.
Curtain comes down on Korean Day in Quang Nam ảnh 1Korean artists performed at the opening ceremony of the programme (Source: baoquangnam.vn)

QuangNam (VNA) –The Korean Day programme concluded in Tam Ky city, thecentral province of Quang Nam, on December 16 after entertaining visitors witha range of activities.

The two-day event was jointly held by the provincial People’s Committee and theEmbassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam in celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (December 22).

The festival featured Korean Movie Days, a photo exhibition on the land,culture and people of the RoK and Quang Nam, a workshop on building new-stylerural areas in Quang Nam and the new village movement in the RoK, a meetingwith Korean investors and an exchange for students.

The RoK has the largest number of investors in Quang Nam province, with 31companies and total capital of nearly 250 million USD, generating jobs fornearly 10,000 labourers.

Quang Nam has set up close ties with localities of the RoK over the past time. Annually,the province receives hundreds of thousands of US dollars in humanitarian andcommunity development aid from RoK non-governmental organisations.

The RoK has been among the main source countries of tourists to Quang Nam overthe past years.

The Korean Day event is expected to promote tourism in Quang Nam, which is hometo two world cultural heritage sites by UNESCO - Hoi An ancient town and My Sonsanctuary, together with many rich and unique tangible and intangible heritagevalues.


The province alsoboasts several potential beautiful landscapes such as excellent beaches, Chamand Tam Hai islands and the majestic Truong Son mountain range.

It attracted nearly 4.4 million of tourists in 2016 and aims to welcomeover 5 million visitors in this year.-VNA
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