Aoyagi Yoichiro, member of Japan’s House of Representatives, and head of the 14th Vietnam Festival managing board, speaks at the press conference. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – The 14thVietnam Festival is scheduled to take place at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan, fromJune 4-5.
The information was revealed byAoyagi Yoichiro, member of Japan’s House of Representatives and head of the festival managing board, at a press conference in Tokyo on May 18.
He highlighted thesignificance of the festival in increasing people-to-people exchanges, adding thatit is expected to welcome 60,000 visitors. He also pledged to organise this year's festival in an exciting and safe way.
To ensure its safety, the organisingboard requests all attendees to strictly follow the pandemic preventionmeasures of the Japanese Government as well as the Tokyo administration such aswearing masks, implementing social distancing and avoiding excessive cheering, Yoichiro said.
For his part, VietnameseAmbassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam, a co-chair of the festival managing board, expressed hisgratitude to late Senator Iwao Matsuda, who put forth the initiative to hold the festival. He also expected that theupcoming festival will take place successfully.
The ambassador also affirmedthat the Japanese Government is controlling the COVID-19 pandemic well and the organisationof the festival reflects that socio-economic activities in the country havereturned to normal.
The first Vietnam Festival inJapan was held in 2008 as part of the activities to celebrate the 35th foundinganniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. It is one of the largestannual festivals in Tokyo, which does not only promote Vietnames♏e cuisine andculture to Japanese people but also helps enhance mutual understandingbetween their people./.
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Aoyagi Yoichiro, member of Japan’s House of Representatives, and head of the 14th Vietnam Festival managing board, speaks at the press conference. (Photo: VNA) 
