Japan-Vietnam festival in Ho Chi Minh City expected to attract 180,000

The Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016, to be held at the September 23 Park, is a cultural exchange program aimed at promoting tourism in Viet Nam and Japan.

Apart from art and entertainment performances, the festival will feature investment and trade events.

Takebe Tsutomu, a special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance and head of the organizing committee, said he expected the number of visitors to the upcoming festival to reach 180,000, up from 150,000 last year.