The UKISS boy band will perform at the 8th Culture and Food Festival’s opening nigh in Hanoi (Photo: parailmuanremajatarakan.blogspot.com)
Hanoi (VNA)𓃲 - Singers of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will perform at the Korean Culture and Food Festival in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium this weekend.
The festival is a chance to introduce a variety of Korean cultural genres, including traditional music, dancing, cuisine and entertainment such as folk games.
The three-day festival starting on November 11 features the RoK’s UKISS boy band, Laboum girl band, trot music singer Pyeon Seung-yeop and Vietnamese-Korean Hari Won. The artists will perform at 7pm on the festival’s opening night.
UKISS is an A-listed band with seven members. It was set up in 2008. UKISS stands for Ubiquitous Korean Idol Super Star. Its members are also solo entertainers, acting in various dramas and musicals and hosting various reality-variety shows.
The band has 10,000 Vietnamese fans, said the festival organisers at a press conference held recently.
The six-member Laboum band was set up in 2014 made its music debut with a single album Petit Macaron.
Besides K-pop music, festival organisers also aim to introduce trot music considered the original form of Korean pop music to Vietnamese audiences. The trot music will be performed by veteran singer Yeop who is known in the RoK for his first single entitled Chan Chan Chan.
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The Korean Culture and Food Festival is held by the RoK Embassy in Vietnam in collaboration with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the RoK Project on International Agriculture, the RoK Agricultural Products Distribution Corporation and the Korean Cultural Centre.
"After seven consecutive successful festivals, the Korean Culture and Food Festival 2016 will be on a larger scale and include more activities luring more Vietnamese, Korean and foreign people," said the embassy’s representative. "The festival will be a chance for Korean entrepreneurs in Vietnam to popularise their products to local consumers."
About 100 Korean restaurants in Hanoi and 40 entrepreneurs will introduce their specialities. Recreational activities will include folk games, outdoor films and K-pop flashmob. Korean drama fans will be able to take photos with their beloved character figures, wearing the traditional Hanbok costume.
Attractive prizes will be raffled, including a car, motorcyle, LCD TV and more.
Last year the festival drew about 90,000 visitors.-VNA
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The UKISS boy band will perform at the 8th Culture and Food Festival’s opening nigh in Hanoi (Photo: parailmuanremajatarakan.blogspot.com)
