The ${bigcity_Hue:"Hue"} Festival 2010 will be held from June 5-13, 2010 with the opening and closing ceremonies take place at Ngo Mon Square and Huong River.

“Cultural heritage with integration and development” is the theme of this year festival. The theme closely links with the 1000th Thang Long- Ha Noi anniversary and 375th anniversary of Hue as the capital of the Southern region. This is a big national culture and tourism event features hundreds of cultural programs and tours which aim to honor cultural values of Vietnam and the central city of Hue in particular.

Many unique royal festivities will reappear such as Dan Nam Giao rituals, the royal palace night, the discovery of the legend of Huong River. Particularly, the Ao Dai festival with full of colors and luxury of Hue charming will be performed at 8pm on June 8. The Oriental night, a new program, will show the beauty of various traditional clothes of many Asian nations. Along with activities feature royal culture such as Hue royal music (Nha nhac), royal folk dance, Hue singing, royal cuisine…, the royal palace night – one of special shows – will be organized in the evenings of June 5, 8 and 11 at Dai Noi to explore the marvelous beauty of the place.

For the first time in Hue festival a unique performance entitled “The Breath of Water” will be showcased on a submerge stage in the evenings of June 6, 9 and 11, 2010 at Tinh Tam Lake. “Viet Beauty II” program will be the evening of honoring Vietnamese cultural heritage with traditional performances such as “ca tru”, “cheo” (traditional operetta) and folk songs. Tourists will own great opportunities to observe Hue’s traditional wedding ceremony, to boat on the Huong River, to float colored lanterns or to go around Hue by “xich lo” (pedicab) to enjoy wonderful evenings.

The coming Hue festival promises days and nights of respecting and honoring intangible heritage values of Vietnamese culture. Organizing every two years, the event is the great time for conservation and development of national cultural heritages over generations.