Hue Festival 2014

Update news Hue Festival 2014

Truong Tien Bridge lit up by 4,000 candles

 VietNamNet Bridge – French artists on Friday night lit 4,000 candles on Truong Tien bridge, creating a different kind of beauty for the iconic bridge of Hue City.

Royal wedding restored at Hue Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday evening, Royal Night, the highlight event of the Hue Festival 2014, was held in several places in the Imperial City of Hue. In the Truong Sanh Palace, a royal wedding of the Nguyen Dynasty’s princess was held.

$100 for a royal meal at Hue Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge - Leading Vietnamese chefs displayed their refined cooking techniques and the use of unique ingredients featuring royal delicacies, bringing alive the traditions and flavors of the Nguyen Dynasty at the Hue Royal Palace on Tuesday.

Carnival wakes up the ancient capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sound of gongs and drums, accompanied by the seductive dances of a street festival, roused the quiet streets of Hue City on Sunday.

Royal treasures at Hue Festival 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors for the first time will see the lives and works of the Nguyen Dynasty emperors when visiting the center of the Hue Royal Citadel at Hue Festival 2014.

Ten countries join Vietnam in Oriental Night

VietNamNet Bridge - In Oriental Night - a show taking place within Festival Hue 2014 – four Vietnamese fashion designers and their colleagues from 10 countries introduced their traditional-styled designs.

Hundreds of kites fly at Hue Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of artisans throughout the country competed in a kite flying demonstration at the Hue Festival 2014 on Saturday.

Hue Festival features unique night market

VietNamNet Bridge – A night market will be organised during the up-coming Hue Festival 2014, the biennial cultural event, which is scheduled to take place on April 12 in the former capital city of Hue.

Art & Entertainment News Headlines 6/3

 Hue gathers regional musicians for folk music festival; Photo exhibit showcases traditional markets of Ha Noi; Takahashi Genichiro hosts lectures in Hanoi, HCMC; Hue Festival tickets on sale; Hue City’s antique street

Art & Entertainment News Headlines 22/2

 US Embassy funds documentary film project in Vietnam; Danish architect inspired by floating houses; Hue Festival 2014 media centre opens; Hoi An named a most romantic city in the world; Forest spotlighted in ASEAN’s environment contest

Art & Entertainment Headlines January 6

 Binh Thuan to host Miss Vietnam Ocean; Intact shipwreck to be removed from river and displayed; Van Tan feted for 40 years of portraying Ho Chi Minh; 45 int’l art troupes attend Hue Festival 2014

Hue Festival 2014 receives VND14 billion in funding

Authorities have allocated approximately VND14 billion (roughly US$700,000) to organizing and hosting the 2014 Hue Festival, this year themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”.