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Hue Festival 2018 highlights five local World Heritage items

The 10th version of the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will highlight the five local UNESCO-recognised World Heritage items, according to the festival’s organising board.
Hue Festival 2018 highlights five local World Heritage items ảnh 1Ao dai performance at Hue Festival 2016 (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The 10th version of the Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue willhighlight the five local UNESCO-recognised World Heritage items, according tothe festival’s organising board.

Chairman of the organising board Nguyen Dung said the HueFestival 2018, to take place from April 27 to May 2, will continue with itsmission to promote the unique cultural values of Vietnam in general and theancient imperial city of Hue in particular.

Like its previous nine editions, the biennial festival willalso serve as the venue for cultural exchanges among nations with theparticipation of many art troupes from around the world.

The theme of the 10th festival willbe “Cultural Heritages with Integration and Development - Hue: One destination,Five Heritages”.

Hue, which was the imperialcapital of Vietnam for over 100 years, is home to five heritages recognisedby UNESCO, which are the Hue ancient citadel relic complex – a World CulturalHeritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music)- an intangible culturalheritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentary heritage item;Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) – part of the Asia-PacificRegister of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme; and literature on Hue royalarchitecture - a documentary heritage.

The Hue imperial citadel relichas been ranked second among top seven tourism attractions of Vietnam in 2017.

Director of the Hue RelicsPreservation Centre Phan Thanh Hai said this is the second year in a row theHue Imperial Citadel has received the title. The most visited tourist site isThang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

 In 2017, Thua Thien-Hue province aims to draw between3.3-3.5 million tourists, with foreign visitors accounting for 40-45 percent,generating 3.2-3.3 trillion VND (140.7-145.1 million USD), up 8 percent involume and 3 percent in value from 2016.-VNA
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