Hue Festival 2016 officially starts

April 30, 2016 | 21:00

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The biennial Hue Festival 2016 has officially kicked off at the Noon Gate in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, attracting thousands of local people as well as domestic and foreign visitors, according to newswire Tuoitre.vn.

The event will feature a wide range of artistic programmes in the ancient imperial citadel with the participation of numerous domestic and foreign art troupes.

Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao said that the festival honoured Vietnam’s traditional culture values and served a bridge to boost connection among countries and territories worldwide.

Speaking at the opening of the festival this year, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said the festival played an important role for the socio-economic development of the country in general and the province in particular.

Minh added that the festival became a cultural symbol in foreign people’s eyes, thus the Festival Hue 2016 is expected to contribute to promoting the country’s culture and people to international friends, and strengthening culture exchange between Vietnam and other countries over the world.

Previously, 42 art troupes from Vietnam and 14 other countries registered to perform at the Hue Festival 2016.

Nguyen Dung, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee and head of the organising board, said the foreign art troupes came from France, Belgium, Russia, the UK, Denmark, Poland, China, South Korea, Japan, Israel, Srilanka, Australia, the US, and Colombia.

The Hue Festival 2016 will take from April 29 to May 4 under the theme “Cultural heritages in integration and development”.

Besides fantastic shows featuring foreign cultures, the festival will include a Royal Night show revitalising impressive royal practices of the Nguyen dynasty, performances of folk arts, a balloon display, and a street carnival with the participation of Vietnamese and foreign artists.