The Japan-Vietnam Festival 2016 at the September 23 Park is a cultural exchange program aimed at promoting tourism for Vietnam and Japan.
Apart from art and entertainment performances, the event will feature investment and trade events.
Takebe Tsutomu, a special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance and head of the organizing committee, said he expected the number of visitors to the upcoming festival to reach 180,000, up from 150,000 last year.