Hue Festival


“Antigone Vietnam” to attend France’s Avignon Festival “Antigone Vietnam”, a joint product of the Central Tuong Theatre and France’s Monte-Charge Theatre, presented in Hcm city at the Hue Festival 2008 and in Hanoi on June 17, will attend the Avignon Festival in France in July 2008.
Hue Festival 2008 : from festivity to life - Art performance on Huong river Hue Festival 2008 features the participation of 70 programmes of 60 art troupes from 23 countries. This year’s festival has a very impressive opening featuring the theme World Heritage with Integration and Development.
Hue festival gets bigger and better - Vietnam UNESCO World Heritage Site Fifteen years since Hue city won global recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the city’s internationally-renowned annual festival has been getting bigger and better. This year’s celebration, already in full swing, is no exception.
Concert puts an end to Italian Culture Season - Trang Tien Hanoi A special concert by Italian musician Davide Mancini on June 13 at the French Cultural Centre, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi will close the Italian Cultural Season in Vietnam entitled “Women, the Passion”.
56,000 visitors come to Hue Festival 2008 - King Tu Duc Tomb The Hue Festival 2008 in central Thua Thien-Hue province by June 7 had welcome close to 56,000 visitors, including 13,200 foreigners.
Hue Festival 10,000 Show Up for Ao Dai - Vietnam Yesterday, an ao dai (Viet Nam’s traditional long gown) fashion show took place in the former Hue Hotel'>Imperial hue city as part of an ongoing biennial Hue Festival and attracted around 10,000 visitors including thousands of foreign tourists.
Central puppetry theatre performs at UNESCO congress Puppeteers from the Central Puppetry Theatre have performed at the Asia-Pacific UNESCO Congress taking place in Bulacan, in the Philippines.
Hue Festival Opens Majestically The opening ceremony of Hue Festival 2008 took place on Tuesday in Ngo Mon Square. Pomp and color on a Majestic scale was used top promote the unique cultural heritage of Hue and Viet nam
Hue culture takes centre stage A series of art performances marked the opening ceremony of the nine-day Hue Festival at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square last night.
Hue Festival 2008 with Historical Festivities - Discovering the Huong River’s Legend The Hue festival scheduled from June 3 to 11 has three main parts. Festivities are designed to be attractive to guests.
Vietnam’s water puppetry promoted in Asia – Pacific Vietnam Puppetry Theatre is the only one art troupe invited to perform at at the Asia – Pacific UNESCO Congress recently held in Bulacan, the Philippines.
1,100 artists to perform rituals for Hue Festival - Thua Thien Hue travel As many as 1,100 artists will revive the Nam Giao and Xa Tac Offering Rituals in the 2008 Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in the first half of this June, according to the organizers.
Biggest ever funding for Hue festival - Hue imperial city A total sum of 10 billion VND has so far been committed to fund the upcoming biannual Hue festival in central Thua Thien-Hue province, said the Hue Festival Centre Director Nguyen Duy Hien.
Hue Restores Pottery Village for Festival Hue Restores Pottery Village for Festival The ancient pottery village of Phuoc Tich in Phong Hoa commune, Thua Thien-Hue Province will be renovated for Hue Festival 2008, which will take place from June 3 to June 11.
French troupe performs Antigone Viet Nam On a stage littered with traditional Vietnamese paraphernalia including conical hats, bamboo objects and terra cotta pots, French and Vietnamese actors laugh and cry along with the fate of their characters.
New media centre to support Hue Festival The Thua Thien-Hue province’s People Committee, with the cooperation of the Hue Festival Centre, opened the Hue Festival Media Centre in Hue city on May 9.
Centuries old Bridge Renovated for Hue Festival Thua Thien – Hue Province in central Viet nam has announced it intends to pour over VND3 billion into renovating the Thanh Toan bridge, famous for its tiled roof in time for the Hue Festival occurring over June 3-11.
Royal palace restoration for Hue Festival Featuring carefully restored murals and relics, An Dinh Palace in the central city of Hue will be fully open to tourists for the Hue Festival this June.
Ben Thanh Tourist arrange tours for Hue Hcm City-based Ben Thanh Tourist has launched three new tours to the ancient city of Hue during the Hue Festival 2008, running June 3 through 11. The tour spans three days and two nights.
Foreign sculptors register for Hue Festival 2008 Sculptors from 16 countries around the world have registered to participate at the fifth International Sculpture Camp to be held during the Hue Festival 2008.
Hue Festival to be promoted on trains - Viet Nam Railways The Vietnam Railways Corporation has given the organizing board of the Hue Festival 2008 official permission to promote the cultural event on its Trains
Hue citadel gets facelift in preparation for festival Thua Thien-Hue – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has carried out a series of restoration projects on the imperial citadel to prepare for the upcoming Hue Festival 2008.
Sponsors pledge 8 billion VND for Hue festival 2008 According to the director of Hue festival center, foreign and Vietnamese sponsors have pledged grants of 8 billion VND for organizing Hue festival 2008.
27 countries to join Hue Festival 2008 The Hue Festival 2008, an international and national event, is expected to attract the participation of 27 countries, said Mr. Ngo Hoa, Deputy Head of Thua Thien Hue People’s Committee on April 8.

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