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Vietnam-RoK festival attracts millions of visitors

The Ho Chi Minh City–Gyeongju World Culture Festival 2017 in the Vietnamese southern hub, which closed on December 3, attracted more than 4 million domestic and foreign visitors.
Vietnam-RoK festival attracts millions of visitors ảnh 1Art performance at the festival (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City–Gyeongju World Culture Festival2017 in the Vietnamese southern hub, which closed on December 3, attracted morethan 4 million domestic and foreign visitors. 

The 23-dayevent featured the culture of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and 17other countries.

Speaking at theclosing ceremony, Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen ThanhPhong affirmed the festival contributed to not only promoting images of landand people of Vietnam and the RoK but also enhancing mutual understanding amongcountries.

The memorandum of understanding on friendship cooperation signed on theoccasion of the festival between HCM City and Gyeongsangbuk-do province of theRoK is an important milestone and foundation for future cooperation between thetwo localities, Phong stressed.

Hosting theevent showed Ho Chi Minh City’s dynamic role in international exchange activities,he added.  

Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do Kim Kwan-yong said the success of the festivalwill open up new opportunities for the two localities to strengthen their ties,thus enhancing the friendship between Vietnam and the RoK.

The RoK is currently the fourth largest investor in the Vietnamese southern hubwith 1,300 projects in the economy, education, healthcare, tourism and culture.

The Gyeongju WorldCultural Festival has been held biennially by Gyeongsangbuk-do province since1998. It was held six times in the RoK and twice in other countries (Cambodiain 2006 and Turkey in 2013).-VNA
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