Hue Festival has two more sponsorsTwo more companies have agreed to provide funding for the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. This is the 10th time that VNPT has sponsored telecoms and IT services for the biennial festival. The Hue festival, which is the 10th edition this year, is scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 2. Themed “Cultural heritage with integration and development – Hue one destination, five world heritages”, the Hue Festival 2018 is expected to draw international art troupes from France, the Republic of Korea, the UK, Mongolia, Japan, Thailand, Russia, Belgium and China. Hue, which was the imperial capital of Vietnam for hundreds of years, is home to five heritages recognised by UNESCO, namely the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World Cultural Heritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music)- an intangible cultural heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentary heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) – part of the Asia-Pacific Register of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literature on Hue royal architecture - a documentary heritage.-VNA


Source:   VietNamNet News
April 19, 2018 10:52 UTC