DAY 1 Kim Wan-su, seated left, and Kim Tae-goo, South Korean men seeking Vietnamese brides, met potential wives at a bar in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Kim Wan-su, 39, chose To Thi Vien, a 22-year-old college student, to be his bride, and she spelled her name for him on her palm. Meanwhile,

Kim Tae-goo, 51, chose Bui Thi Thuy, 22.

DAY 2 The two men and their brides traveled to the women's home province to register for their marriages

At a Korean restaurant in Hanoi, Ms. Vien and Kim Wan-su looked at a Korean-Vietnamese dictionary.

DAY 3 Kim Wan-su wrote a letter in Korean to his bride, vowing to make her happy despite the cultural gap.

The two couples posed for photos before the wedding ceremony.

Following Korean tradition, Kim Wan-su bowed to his mother- and father-in-law.

Bui Thi Thuy and Kim Tae-goo posed for photos with her relatives.

 Bui Van Vui, Ms. Thuy’s father, blew a kiss to his daughter after the reception. He said he was worried about the couple’s age gap.

DAY 4 The couples took a one-day honeymoon trip to the Perfume Pagoda, about four hours from Hanoi.

DAY 5 At the airport in Hanoi, Ms. Thuy said goodbye to Kim Tae-goo as a marriage broker interpreted. In three months, the two women will have completed the paperwork to join their husbands in South Korea.