Culture

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.

With chưng cakes, crystallized ginger, calligraphy, etc., the program of "Hue Tet" taking place at Hue Museum of Culture has created the bustling atmosphere of the spring.

This is the theme of an exhibition organized by the Museum of History in collaboration with the Museum of Special Operations, which opened on January 30 at the Museum of History.

"Quoc Hoc Hue – The Love" is the Spring 2018 memory book by the Alumni Contact Board of Quoc Hoc Hue in Ho Chi Minh city, launched in early 2018.

Combining fine arts and applied arts, the exhibition “Duyên bốn mùa” (Charming Seasons) by the young artist Nguyen Duc Phuoc gave viewers a different look at lacquer paintings.

In early 2012, Thua Thien Hue organized a program themed "Ancient Hue - New Experiences", preceding a series of events in line with the national tourism policy entitled "National Tourism Year 2012 - Northern and Central Coastal Region - Hue ".

"Spring Flowers" is a fine art exhibition by Hue artist group, which will open on January 26 at Ta Cafe & Bakery (44 Pham Ngu Lao street, Hue city). This is the second exhibition of this young artist group at Ta Cafe & Bakery.

Manually made by the pagoda abbess and Buddhists to serve people at Tet holiday, the crystallized ginger and candied turmeric of Hien Luong Pagoda quickly win the trust of customers.

Going beyond the boundaries of Hue and Central Vietnam, Bachelor Degree holders, medical doctors and teachers trained in Hue have been working all over the country.

On January 10, Union of Arts and Literature Associations organized a program to honor the artists and award excellent art and literature works in 2017.

Graduating from Hue Vocational College of Tourism, Nguyen Dong Hai, born in 1982, was the first Vietnamese to become the executive chef of the worldwide renowned La Residence Hotel.

On January 9, the Women's Union of Hue city organized the closing and awards ceremony for the “Views of Hue Women" photo contest 2017.

With the music program "Pilgrimage Night" held on the last day of 2017, music lovers’ desires were satisfied after many days eagerly waiting for piano prodigy Evan Le to come to Hue.