A culture exchange event on Kanagawa is organised in Đà Nẵng city. The Kanagawa Festival 2023 will take place in Đà Nẵng as part of a series of activities marking the 50th anniversary of Việt Nam-Japan diplomatic ties in 2023. Photo courtesy of Phạm Huyền Ngân

ĐÀ NẴNG — The authority of Kanagawa Prefecture in co-operation with Đà Nẵng City’s foreign affairs department will host the Kanagawa Festival 2023 at the Đà Nẵng Mikazuki Japanese Resort & Spa on November 16, promoting the connection between the two localities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Việt Nam-Japan diplomatic ties.

The department said about 400 Vietnamese students from six universities and colleges in central Việt Nam will take the opportunity to exchange opinions and feelings about Japanese culture, study, and job recruitment in Japan at the festival.

A speaking contest in Japanese entitled: ‘Our Dream on the Việt Nam-Japanese connection’ will be organised at the festival among Vietnamese students, along with a Japanese job fair as well as experience-sharing sessions with current students in Japan.

Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa and representatives of Japanese businesses in Đà Nẵng will talk about the relationship between Japan and Việt Nam, and the co-operation and investment from the two localities.

According to the department, the festival is one in a series of activities in the anniversary year of Việt Nam-Japan diplomatic ties, from early 2023.

Đà Nẵng has inked friendship and co-operation agreements with Kisarazu, Kawasaki, Sakai, and Yokohama localities in Japan, and it has hosted the annual Việt Nam-Japan Cultural Exchange Day since 2014.

Japanese artists perform in a concert at Đà Nẵng city's FPT University, easing the pain of COVID-19 among orphaned children whose parents died of COVID. Photo courtesy of FPT Group

Japan upgraded its Consular Office in Đà Nẵng City to the General Consulate just a year after it was established.

The city-based Đông Á University, which is the only high-quality human resource training centre for the Japanese market, established the first Japanese language studies and culture research faculty in central Việt Nam.

Đà Nẵng has been calling for stronger and deeper investment from Japanese businesses in Kisarazu, Yokohama, Osaka, Chiba, and Kanagawa.

Japanese investors have poured US$1.04 billion into 228 projects in Đà Nẵng, creating 40,000 jobs for provinces in central Việt Nam.

The Kanagawa Festival will help promote friendship between the two localities and other cities in Japan in the coming years, the department said. VNS