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Holding two major cuisine-related activities at Hue Festival 2018 at the same time, what the organizers expect is to step by step turn Hue into the culinary capital of Vietnam.

Acecook Vietnam Joint Stock Company and Phu Dat Gia Co., Ltd. have become the Gold Sponsors for Hue Festival 2018 after the signing ceremony on the afternoon of April 4. Accordingly, the two enterprises will fuel up to VND 3.3 trillion to the most highlighted biennial cultural event of the country in 2018.

The Tourism Department has just updated the figure on the number of tourists coming to Hue, the number of staying tourists and the revenue in the first quarter of 2018.

According to the statistics provided by the World Tourism Organization UNWTO, a tourist on average spends one-third of their expenses on gastronomy. This is a ground on which our national tourism policy makers are formulating a strategy to turn Vietnam into “the world kitchen." Hue has the opportunity to become the kitchen of Vietnam as among approximately 3,000 dishes nationwide, there are over 1,700 dishes cooked in a Hue style.

At the Tourism Awards Ceremony 2017, within The Vietnam International Travel Mart (Hanoi VITM) 2018, held on March 30 in Hanoi, outstanding individuals in the field of tourism were honored for the first time, besides the businesses.

On the night of March 26, Hotel Saigon Morin celebrated the 117th anniversary of establishment (1901 – 2018)

Phu Vang District is making active preparations to welcome the 2018 sea-lagoon tourism season with the desire to effectively exploit the potential.

The festival 2018 will be strikingly different from the Hue Festival 2016: longer in time, larger in scale and better in quality. Subsequent to the opening day, the festival will take place every afternoon until the closing day, not on alternate days as before.

Together with five other cities in Viet Nam (Ha Noi, Hoi An, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh city), Hue is voted as one of the eight attractive destinations in South East Asia by TripAdvisor – the world famous travel website.

After the preparation time, Thua Thien Hue Tourism Advisory Board was officially opened in mid March.

Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Dung has just signed a document agreeing to use a logo and a slogan to identify the brand name of Thua Thien Hue tourism.

The banh loc goi (the Vietnamese clear shrimp & pork dumpling wrapped in banana leaf) made by Mrs. Thao is not sticky in hands when diners peel the leaf wrapper. On top of that, its cooked tapioca paste is soft and chewy. Therefore, Mrs. Ha Thi Thao’s household has to knead a quintal of tapioca starch to meet the demand of customers.

In March,the thanh trà (a variety of pomelo) village of Thuy Bieu along the Huong river turns into white with the color and fragrance of pure white grapefruit (bưởi) flowers. This gives visitors slower-paced moments to enjoy the values of gifts from the nature.

With many positive changes, the tourism sector of Hue is confident to start the new development cycle.

According to the Provincial Department of Tourism, from the 29th of Lunar Calendar December to the 4th of Lunar Calendar January, i.e. the 4th of Tet, there were 111,000 tourist arrivals to the ancient capital city. Tourism turnover in Tet holiday has estimatedly gone over VND 66 billion, while social revenue from tourism has reached an evaluation of VND 166 billion.