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Int'l culture festival to roll in Vietnam's HCM City

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sixteen countries will participate in a festival from Sept. 10-13 in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, showcasing their cultural identities, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday.

The four-day festival themed Ho Chi Minh City - Development and Integration will feature music shows, costume shows, a food fair, folk games, performances of traditional martial arts, and much more. International troupes, foreign communities living in the city will also put up art shows.

More than 500,000 foreigners live, study and work in the city which receives 4.5 million foreign arrivals every year. When the annual festival made its debut in 2013, it attracted 500,000 visitors. Endi