It is usually held in April, but had been delayed until August after the pandemic broke out.

It was to have featured street carnivals, ao dai (Vietnam’s traditional dress) shows, a cuisine festival, and a number of art performances.

Crowds watch artists perform at a street carnival of the 2018 Hue Festival.

Vietnam has been hit with a new wave of infections, whose source authorities have yet to identify.

After the first case was diagnosed in Da Nang on Saturday last week, the country of 96 million has reported 144 more domestic infections and three deaths due to Covid-19. Da Nang has now become the country's biggest Covid-19 hotspot with 104 infections.

Neighboring Thua Thien-Hue Province, whose capital is Hue, has shut down all non-essential services like karaoke parlors and bars and banned festivals and religious gatherings though it has recorded no infections so far.

Provincial authorities also ordered all returnees from Da Nang to be quarantined for 14 days and tested for Covid-19.

Hue, with its Imperial Citadel and royal tombs, received over 4.8 million visitors last year, 2.1 million of them foreigners.

The 2018 Festival Hue featured nearly 1,400 artists and professional performers, including 388 from 24 international art troupes.

Festival to promote Da Nang’s tourism

The “Da Nang Fantastic Festival 2020” will be held from July 30 to August 5, featuring many attractive activities to promote tourism in the central city.

Muong Ethnic Cultural Festival to be held in Thanh Hoa Province

The second Muong Ethnic Cultural Festival will be held from October 29-31 in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa.

Kite artisans show talents at festival in Nam Dinh

The first national kite festival was held in the northern province of Nam Dinh on July 5, attracting the participation of nearly 60 kite clubs from 40 cities and provinces nationwide.

Vietnamese traditional double-fifth festival reproduced in Hanoi

Tet Doan Ngo (traditional Double-Fifth Festival), which is observed in Vietnam and several Southeast Asian countries, is being reproduced at an exhibition held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

Vietnam Family Festival 2020 to take place on June 26-28

A host of activities are scheduled during the 2020 Vietnam Family Festival to be held at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from June 26-28.

Source: VnExpress