VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen artists from the Vietnam Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Hanoi National Music Institute have recently joined the 54th Baek-je Cultural Festival in the Republic of Korea from October 3 to 12.

Central Highlands dance of Vietnamese artists attracted a lot of audiences.

During their time there, Vietnamese artists gave performances in the opening ceremony of Baek-je Cultural Festival, in Buyon City and in open stage of Gongju City.

According to deputy director of Vietnam Opera and Ballet Theatre Pham Hong Hai, who led the group, a representative from the Buyon Cultural Department Kim Sung-sik highly appreciated Vietnamese artists among those coming from international art troupes to the festival.

The Cultural Festival of Baek-je (the name of one of the three ancient Kingdoms of Korean Peninsula) is held with the aim of preserving Baek-je cultural identity and attracting more tourists.

Thi year also marks the 700th anniversary of Baek-je Kingdom so that the Festival’s organising board internationalised activities with the invitation of eight foreign troupes from China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia and Vietnam.

(Source: ND)