Exciting Ha Long with the Hokkaido Festival

The four-day festival starting on November 16 seeks to enhance mutual understanding of culture, cuisine, and tourism between the citizens of the two localities.
The four-day festival starting on November 16 seeks to enhance mutual understanding of culture, cuisine, and tourism between the citizens of the two localities.
Many young people gather together at the Quang Ninh planning, fair, and exhibition palace to participate in various activities during the event.
Many young people gather together at the Quang Ninh planning, fair, and exhibition palace to participate in various activities during the event.
Street art performances attract thousands of visitors as they snap photos with robots, cartoon characters, and manga cosplayers.
Street art performances attract thousands of visitors as they snap photos with robots, cartoon characters, and manga cosplayers.
Bumblebee is a fictional robot character who appears in the Transformers franchise.
Bumblebee is a fictional robot character who appears in the Transformers franchise.
The character is a member of the Autobots, a group of sentient, self-configuring, modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms.
The character is a member of the Autobots, a group of sentient, self-configuring, modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms.
Tourists enjoy taking photos with people transforming into fishermen and miners.
Tourists enjoy taking photos with people transforming into fishermen and miners.
Doraemon, a famous character in the Japanese manga series with the same name, is associated with the childhood of Vietnamese children for many generations.
Doraemon, a famous character in the Japanese manga series with the same name, is associated with the childhood of Vietnamese children for many generations.
Participants enjoy Yosakoi dances during the event.
Participants enjoy Yosakoi dances during the event.
A special space with snow is set up for visitors to experience the atmosphere of being in Hokkaido.
A special space with snow is set up for visitors to experience the atmosphere of being in Hokkaido.
Visitors try on the traditional Japanese outfit Kimono.
Visitors try on the traditional Japanese outfit Kimono.
Furthermore, some conferences on investment promotion, tourism, human resources development, and green growth agriculture also take place, promising comprehensive co-operation between the two localities of Vietnam and Japan.
Furthermore, some conferences on investment promotion, tourism, human resources development, and green growth agriculture also take place, promising comprehensive co-operation between the two localities of Vietnam and Japan.
The exhibition features interesting cultural activities such as Origami paper folding and mask decoration.
The exhibition features interesting cultural activities such as Origami paper folding and mask decoration.
A special space with snow is set up for visitors to experience the atmosphere of being in Hokkaido.
A special space with snow is set up for visitors to experience the atmosphere of being in Hokkaido.
Visitors try on the traditional Japanese outfit Kimono.
Visitors try on the traditional Japanese outfit Kimono.
Furthermore, some conferences on investment promotion, tourism, human resources development, and green growth agriculture also take place, promising comprehensive co-operation between the two localities of Vietnam and Japan.
Furthermore, some conferences on investment promotion, tourism, human resources development, and green growth agriculture also take place, promising comprehensive co-operation between the two localities of Vietnam and Japan.

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