Korean Culture In Vietnam

As media have global effects, one culture may be transmitted from its own country to another one. Viet Nam, as a country on the way to intergrate into the outside world, has been influenced by various cultures including both western and eastern ones. Like other South Asian countries, Viet Nam is now under a huge impact of Korean culture, which is known as Korean wave. The popularity of Korean culture in Vietnamese is clearly-evidenced in different chanels of media but in this essay, I wil analyse how influential Korean culture is in Vietnam and how it impacts the young, particularly through Koreanmusic and films, movies.
Firstly, Korean movies have become more and more popular in Viet Nam. Nowadays, there are so many Korean movies broadcast

The youth usually admire their favorite Korean artists anddo things on account of the thought to follow their idols. This is how Vietnamese young fans are positively motivated as they have certain portraits full of talent, hard work to follow. My best friend in high school is such a fan. Dreaming to talk to her idol and dance well like they do, she was determined to take a Korean course and a dancing course. Then she got a master at both skills and became one of the students who was chosen to represent all students of her faculty to get a reputable exchange student scholarship. On the other hands, extremely crazy fans is a clear evidence of the dark side of “idol culture”as well as the intrusion of Korean culture. There are so many examples that can be mentioned here. For instance, the newspaper Vietnam Net reported that in March/2012, before the first concert of Super Junior in Ha Noi, many fans broke the fence at the National Convention Center, injuring some people who were close to the fence. Only one month later, the public was shocked of seeing the bloody images of fans waiting to see Big Bang at the Soundfest show, not to mention too many fans getting fainted and hurt. Such news is a strongly alarming bell against deep reception of Korean culture in our

Korean culture’s effects are in a close relationship with “idol culture”, which means Vietnamese youngsters are much inspired but at the same time, crazed by Korean artists they adore. Moreover, spreading culture is also a way for Korean people to advertise their products so that they gain enormous amounts of money to promote their country’s development. We- Vietnamese teens, are targeted as their potential consumers as we are now so favorite in things with Korean brand. Therefore, it is necessary that we are aware of all the consequences and implications to be an erudite global citizen, not onlyflexibly integrate into the outside world but also not forget to avoiding extreme actions causing unexpected