Hue Festival to bring visitors new tourism experience: organisers
Organisers of the 11th Hue Festival have just announced the main activities taking place at the festival, which will be held between August 28 and September 2.
A photo of the opening ceremony at the Hue Festival 2018, which gathered 1.2 million visitors and thousands of artists. (Photo: huefestival.com)
ThuaThien-Hue (VNS/VNA) - Organisers of the 11th Hue Festivalhave just announced the main activities taking place at the festival, whichwill be held between August 28 and September 2.
Phan Ngoc Tho, chairman of the province’s People’s Committee, confirmed theevent will be an important chance for the locality to promote tourism after theCOVID-19 pandemic.
“The event, dubbed Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development – Hue isalways New, will bring visitors fresh and unique experiences on culture,history and art,” he said.
An artistic programme will open the festival at 8pm on August 28 at Ngo Mon(Noon Gate) Square, honouring the traditional and contemporary cultural valuesof the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and other regions of the country.
A street carnival will take place every day at 4.30pm from August 29 toSeptember 2 featuring the national dress of various ASEAN countries throughcostume performances and dances.
A food festival will also be held during the days at Thuong Bac Park, offeringfamous local dishes.
A music programme featuring famous songs by the great musician Trinh Cong Son(1939-2001) will be held at 8pm on August 30.
Another arts programme will take place at 8pm on August 31, featuring the Huong(Perfume) River, which runs through Hue, while leading DJs in Vietnam and theregion will entertain guests with electronic music on the evening of September1.
The closing ceremony will take place at 8pm on September 2, together with an “aodai” performance.
Various community activities will be organised before, during and after thefestival including a festival of art clubs nationwide, kite festival, beerfestival, a trade fair, VNExpress Marathon Hue and fine art exhibitions.
The biennial festival was initially slated for April 1-6 but was postponed dueto COVID-19.
The Hue Festival 2018 gathered nearly 1,400 artists and professionalperformers, including 388 from 24 international art troupes and nearly 1,000from Vietnam.
Thousands of amateur artists also took part in the festival, which welcomedmore than 1.2 million visitors./.
The Hue Festival 2020, a big cultural event of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will be rescheduled due to complex developments of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The Hue Festival 2020 will open on August 28 this year instead of early April as previously planned due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the festival organising board said on February 20.
Chairman of the central Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee Phan Ngoc Tho has decided to reopen several relic sites and offer free tickets to vistiors during the national Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed about 12,500 visitors during the Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday last weekend, signalling the recovery of local tourism post-COVID-19.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
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The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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A photo of the opening ceremony at the Hue Festival 2018, which gathered 1.2 million visitors and thousands of artists. (Photo: huefestival.com) 
