The biennial festival was initially slated for April 1-6.

Phan Ngoc Tho, Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee and head of the organising board, said that the festival will take place on six days to September 3.

The Hue Festival 2020 will open on August 28.

The organising board continues to complete the festival’s programmes to serve tourists to the cultural event of the central province.

The Hue Festival 2018 was held with the theme: ‘Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development: Hue - One Destination, Five World Heritages’.

It attracted the participation of nearly 1,400 artists and professional actors including 388 from 24 international art troupes and nearly 1,000 from across the country.

Thousands of amateur artists also took part in the event, which welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors.

‘Going to the field’ festival of Tay and Nung ethnic minorities in Bac Giang province

(BGO) - The Tay and Nung ethnic minorities in Bac Giang province still preserve many fine traditional customs and festivals shown in their treasure of cultural heritage, including the "long tong" (going to the field) festival held in early spring.

Sen Village Festival 2020 to take place in mid-May

The annual Sen (Lotus) Village Festival 2020 will be held from May 15 to 19 in Vinh City, Nam Dan District and other districts and towns in Nghe An Province to show gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh.

Red Spring festival: Vietnam’s biggest blood donation campaign

Launched in 2008, the annual Red Spring festival has seen 215,000 blood donors through the previous 12 editions, with 78,620 blood units collected. This year, it takes place from February 11 to 22.

Bac Giang postpones and cancels traditional festivals

(BGO) – The Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) on February 1 issued the official message about prevention of the acute respiratory epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) in organizing the festival and relic activities in the province.

Festivals suspended due to threat of coronavirus

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has called on localities nationwide to suspend festivals and other big public events in an attempt to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (nCoV).

Source: VNA