The Vietnam-Korea Tourism Promotion Festival, with over 40 booths showcasing Vietnamese and Korean businesses, offered a plethora of engaging activities for attendees. These included traditional Korean Hanbok dress-up, the Tuho game, and picture coloring. Significant discounts on Korean tours, encompassing K-drama, cycling, cruise, and Carnival experiences, further enhanced the event’s appeal.
The multi-media booth, a festival highlight, immersed visitors in a vibrant Korean atmosphere through modern presentation technologies. The K-drama booth transported attendees to iconic Korean film locations, while the K-pop booth pulsated with the energy of K-pop music and dance.
The festival’s vibrancy escalated with captivating performances by renowned V-pop and K-pop artists.
As a notable event within the festival, Korea Tourism Night 2024 focused on showcasing Korean tourism attractions and fostering connections between Vietnamese and Korean travel companies to facilitate the development of innovative tourism products.
In 2023, the Republic of Korea (RoK) witnessed 420,000 Vietnamese tourists, while 3.6 million Koreans chose Vietnam as their holiday destination. Currently, the RoK is the primary source of international tourists for Vietnam, and Vietnam ranks as the fifth most significant source market for the Korean tourism industry.
From January to April of this year, over 167,000 Vietnamese travelers visited the RoK, representing a notable 32.6% increase compared to the same period last year. This figure stands as the highest among Southeast Asian countries.
2020 K-Pop Super Concert to wow Hanoi audiences next January
NDO – The 2020 K-Pop Super Concert will take place at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on January 11, 2020, as an activity to celebrate the 27th anniversary diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 23.
V Heartbeat Live concert cancelled due to increase in COVID-19 cases
The organisers of the V Heartbeat Live concert have announced their plans to cancel a large music gala involving artists from both Vietnam and the Republic of Korea as a result of the sudden rise in cases of the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
A look inside the real-life location of K-drama hit ‘Itaewon Class’
A Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper contributor recently had a chance to visit Itaewon Ward in Seoul, the setting for hit South Korean television series ‘Itaewon Class,’ and made interesting observations about the cultural hotspot there.
Hanoi’s ‘new normal’: How much has changed for the foreigners who chose to stay?
The Hanoitimes – An insightful comparison of Hanoi before and after the reopening of business activities in the eyes of an expat.
LODI, the platform which nurtures K-Pop talent, builds fan culture and improves concerts’s ticket sales
STAR EMPIRE – a leading company in nurturing and launching talented individuals for K-Pop development – is focusing its core competencies on the development of the LODI Platform (http: // lodi.kr/event/) with more than 20 years of experience.
