Building Hue into a Cultural and Tourism Hub of Southeast Asia

Building Hue into a Cultural and Tourism Hub of Southeast Asia

Now that Hue has become a centrally governed municipality, the task is no longer simply to preserve a heritage city well. Hue must turn its cultural depth into development capacity and its distinctive advantages into competitiveness...
Gratitude ceremony to Martial Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat held

This is an activity with the aims to pay tribute to ancestors, and honor the traditional beauty of Hue Ao dai; this is also an opportunity to promote the image of Hue ao dai in particular and Ao dai Vietnam in general...

Gratitude ceremony to Martial Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat held
Stories of heritage are told on Ao dai by Hue students

According to the organizing committee, this is a fascinating activity to arouse children’s passion and creativity, thereby, spreading reading culture and sharing the love of country, homeland, as well as the love for Ao dai.

Stories of heritage are told on Ao dai by Hue students
Resources for heritage restoration supplemented

Mr. Hoang Viet Trung, Director of Hue Monuments Conservation Center, said that at present, the need for investment in the restoration and conservation of heritage is huge.

Resources for heritage restoration supplemented
Royal court performances through fine art

Through the language of visual art, intangible cultural heritages such as royal court music, court dances, royal tuong, and Hue-Singing are transformed into aesthetically valuable works.

Royal court performances through fine art
“Niem hoa” smiles

After Hanoi and Hoi An, the art exhibition “Niem Hoa” arrives in Hue. The name Niem Hoa is from the story Niem Hoa Vi Tieu about the birth of Zen in Buddhism.

“Niem hoa” smiles
Solution to traffic pressure on Hue Imperial City sought

Researcher Nguyen Quang Trung Tien said that as the capital land of Vietnam/Dai Nam in the 19th century, the land for building Hue Citadel was designed by the Nguyen Dynasty to become an island separated from the outside...

Solution to traffic pressure on Hue Imperial City sought
The return of the lotus

The lotus does not only grow at heritage sites but also exists in landscape lakes of temples, pagodas, shrines, showing off its beauty and fragrance in the remote countryside, from midland to remote inshore and lagoon neighborhoods...

The return of the lotus
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