(VOVworld) – The Yen Tu cherry blossom-yellow apricot flower festival opened in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province on Friday. Themed “cooperation, integration, and development”, the annual festival is jointly held by the People’s Committee of Ha Long and Japan’s Wanokai International Cultural Association to introduce Ha Long’s tourism potential to Japanese people and increase friendship between the two countries.

A variety of cultural and arts exchanges between Viet Nam and Japan are among the focal points, with 160 stalls introducing typical Vietnamese and Japanese tourism and culinary products.