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The annual cultural exchange has been increasingly attracting the interest and participation of a large number of Japanese friends and Vietnamese people in Japan, making significant contributions to enhancing unity and understanding between the Vietnamese and Japanese people, as well as nurturing the fine relationship between the two nations. Art performance at the previous Vietnam’s festival at Japan. The Vietnam Festival 2023 scheduled to take place on June 3-4 in Tokyo, Japan, is set to involve a wide range of activities to excite crowds, VOV reported Thursday. The event, hosted by the embassy, is one of the major celebrations for the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties. Opening with the theme of “Hope”, this year’s festival will feature traditional cuisine, cultural and music performances of both Vietnam and Japan.In particular, a water puppetry troupe from Vietnam will be present at the event for the first time to showcase the rich traditiona...

Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, urged local authorities on April 18 to start the restoration plan for Kinh Thien Palace in 2026. Visitors at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung/The Hanoi Times The Hanoi Party chief said the plan must be in line with science and history, taking into account the advice of domestic and international experts. He said the restoration of the Kinh Thien Palace would greatly impact the capital’s tourism and cultural industries. “Drawing up the restoration plan must be completed by the end of 2025 so that construction can start the following year,” the official said at a meeting on heritage preservation. Hanoi also plans to spend VND14 trillion (US$596.2 million) on the reconstruction and conservation of heritage sites in the city. In addition to Kinh Thien Palace, city authorities plan to build the temple of Ngo Quyen, the Vietnamese monarch who ended over 1,000 years of Chinese rule in 938, an...