Gwangju City Holds 2nd Anniversary Ceremony of 'Vietnam Day'

Mayor Bang Se-hwan: "We Will Do Our Best for the Stable Settlement of Multicultural Families"

Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Bang Se-hwan) announced on the 9th that it held the 2nd anniversary ceremony of "Vietnam Day" on the 7th at the 10th floor Sueojangdae Hall of City Hall.

Gwangju Mayor Bang Se-hwan is delivering a greeting at the 2nd anniversary ceremony of "Vietnam Day" held on the 10th floor Su-eojangdae Hall of the City Hall on the 7th. Provided by Gyeonggi Gwangju City

"Vietnam Day" was proclaimed on December 6th in 2022 to commemorate the visit of the Vietnamese State President to Gwangju City, and December 1st to 7th was designated as Vietnam Week every year.

The event was attended by about 500 people including Mayor Bang Se-hwan, Nguyen Dinh Trung, Counselor of the Embassy of Vietnam in Korea, Le Nguyen Minh Phuong, President of the Vietnamese Residents Association in Korea, Pham Ngo Quoc Tang, President of Vietnam Ylang Investment Corporation, and other guests, Vietnamese residents, and citizens. Various programs were held in three parts: pre-ceremony performance, 2nd anniversary ceremony, and a harmony gathering.

As a pre-ceremony performance, "Inyeon," a Vietnamese traditional ethnic musical instrument group, presented a Korea-Vietnam traditional performance together with the Korea Yanggeum Association. "Inyeon," established in 2021, is a cultural and artistic group dedicated to preserving and promoting Vietnamese traditional music in Korea, introducing various ethnic instruments such as Dan Tam Tap Luc (Yanggeum), Dan Jaeng (Gayageum), and Dan Deurung (bamboo xylophone), which are traditional Vietnamese instruments.

Along with this, the Gwangju Municipal Gwangjiwon Nongak Troupe, which preserves and inherits Gwangju City’s intangible cultural heritage No. 3, Gwangjiwon Nongak, opened the main ceremony with a lively street parade, Jindo Bukchum (drum dance), and lion dance performances.

Moreover, at this ceremony, Vietnam Ylang Investment Corporation donated 3 million won to support the settlement of Vietnamese residents living in Gwangju City, and a time was held to share episodes of Korean life and multicultural-related experiences and stories of Vietnamese residents living in Gwangju through presentations of their life stories in Korea.

Mayor Bang Se-hwan said, "I sincerely thank the Vietnamese residents and citizens who attended to brighten the 2nd anniversary event of 'Vietnam Day,'" and added, "We will do our best to strengthen the emotional bonds between Vietnamese residents and citizens and to ensure the stable settlement of multicultural families in the future."

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