Culture

Not as exciting as many festivals in other parts of the country, Hue still has the traditional folk festivals attracting a lot of visitors everywhere right after the Lunar New Year. There, the beauty of the ancient festival is preserved and promoted in the spirit of the modern times.

On the afternoon of March 9, the "Hope" painting exhibition by Nguyen Thi Quynh Huong, a final-year student of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy was kicked off by the French Institute in Hue.

Nguyen Huu Hoang is a collector of antiquities in Hue, but not everyone knows he is the owner of more than 100 paintings, including many valuable pieces of Indochinese, Gia Dinh, and Ha Noi art.

It seems to be a mismatch between her educational background - an Economics major and the vocation she pursues - quilling, but for Hoang Thi Khanh Dong, the choice was simply made, "I do what I like. Whenever I look at a colorful strip of paper, I have a sudden urge to create something."

Only a few days after the 2018 Lunar New Year, from February 28th to March 2nd, Hue University will receive a group of external experts specializing in training accreditation from the SHARE organization of the European Community. This is an opportunity for Hue University to assert its capabilities regionally and globally.

In a couple more months, Festival Hue 2018 officially starts, promising to bring about new elements with a highlight themed "Hue: one destination - five heritages".

Hue University had the honor to be selected by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit and work on his New Year 2018 business trip. The head of the Government affirmed that a high caliber urban area of higher education in Hue will soon be invested with a full set of institutions.

Of artists in Hue, Nguyen Anh Duong stands out as a young one with a passion for creativity. Though exploring various themes, he most impresses people with the series of paintings of the sea.

With thirty years living in my hometown and thirty-five years living elsewhere, I still often regard Hue as a cradle of culture and affection for myself and for Hue people everywhere else.

Each sweet dish is a story about a well-known fruit of the ancient capital: lotus seeds in Tinh Tam Lake, thanh tra grapefruit in Thuy Bieu, Huong Can tangerines, or trai va, a kind of fig found only in Hue, etc. The plan to restore the 47 types of royal sweets recorded in history books is the love of culture and passion of the young man Nguyen Phuoc Quy Than (descendant of King Minh Mang). He is the founder and director of Nguyen Trieu Company.

According to the elders of Dien Hoa Commune (Phong Dien), the traditional profession of growing apricot flower trees started when some inhabitants of the village worked as royal officials in the Imperial City and brought the yellow apricot blossom seedlings to the village. The village has later developed into the apricot blossom village of Dien Hoa

Ceramic artist Oliver Oet, 62 years old, from Paris (France) has crossed thousands of nautical miles with his Japanese ceramic production techniques to bring new life to the disabled children at the Hue Hope Center (20 Nhat Le, Hue city).

In spite of chilly and rainy weather, a massive number of local people and visitors still attended and enjoyed the opening of the Mau Tuat (the Dog) Spring Festival 2018 on February 11 afternoon at Ly Tu Trong Park, Hue City.

On the evening of February 12, Vietnam Travel and Marketing Transports Joint-stock Company (Vietravel) and Hue Monuments Conservation Center coordinated to organize the inauguration ceremony of the Flagpole-Hue Imperial City art lighting work.

Since the casting of the 30-ton-heavy, Southeast Asia record-breaking bronze bell at Bai Dinh Pagoda by Nguyen Van Sinh and his men in Phuong Duc in 2007, hundreds of bells and statues, both large and small, inside and outside of the country, have been completed, which gains the prestige for the casting village in Hue.