The next biannual Hue festival will be held from June 5-13, 2010. This is a meanwhile renowned national tourism and culture event, which will feature the cultural identity of Vietnam and of the ancient capital Hue in particular.

The theme of next year’s Hue Festival is “Cultural heritage with integration and development”. The festival will be linked with the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary, 375th anniversary of Hue as the capital of the southern region and 50th anniversary of the Hanoi-Hue-Saigon relations as the three representative cities of the northern, the central and the southern regions.

The major partner will be France – like in previous festivals -, with the participation of countries from five continents and art troupes from Hanoi, Hue, HCM City and provinces which host world heritage sites. Besides traditional art items like the opening and closing ceremonies, the “ao dai” festival, the royal palace night (Dem Hoang Cung), the legend of the Perfume River (Huong Giang), and the rituals of Dan Nam Giao, the Hue Festival 2010 will feature new shows like Oriental night, the itinerary to the south, the Hanoi-Hue-Saigon music show and others.

Key events:

1. The Grand Opening Ceremony in the evening on June 5

2. Reenactment of a “Navy manoeuvre under the Nguyen Dynasties” in the evening of June 7, 2010.

3. “Ao Dai” Grand Show in the evening of June 8, 2010.

4. Nam Giao Offering Ritual in the evening of June 9, 2010

5. The “Voyage to reclaim the country’s land” spectacle in the evening of June 10, 2010.

6. “The Perfume River’s legends” program in the evenings of June 6 and 12, 2010.

7. “The Oriental Night” Show to be staged in the evenings of June 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12, 2010.

8. The folk music and drama program entitled Viet's Beauty to be showcased in the evenings of June 6, 9 and 11, 2010.

9. The program “Royal Palace by Night” in the evenings of June 5, 2010 (without royal banquet) and June 8 and 11, 2010 (with royal banquet)

10. The Closing Ceremony in the evening of June 13, 2010.

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