JAPANESE SHOW BEING HELD IN HANOI

Hanoi (VNA) - A series of activities ranging from Japanese products show and art performance are being held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to mark the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009.

A drum performance and a robot show will take place in Hanoi on November 24
thanks to joint efforts by the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, the Japan
Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and the Japan International
Exchange Fund.

Meanwhile, the Japanese consulate general in HCM City, the Japan Foundation Centre
for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and the Museum of HCM City have worked together
to show Japanese products of the 1950s in the city.

Around 100 Japanese products from clothes, vehicles, toys to modern
high-technology products like mobile phones, notebook computer and digital cameras
are on display from Nov.14-24.

Also in the context of the 2009 Japan-Mekong Year, a drum performance and a
robot show will take place in Hanoi on November 24, Japanese Embassy in Vietnam
announced on Nov. 16.

The oldest 13 items are from the post-war years and give an insight into the
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