Foreign artists devoted their unique performances to entertain audiences at An Dinh Palace on April 30 as part of the ongoing Hue Festival 2018 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
An art performance
at Hue Festival
(Photo: VNA)
Thousands of rock fans had a frenetic night with songs in the
debut album of France’s
rock band Lysistrata.
Meanwhile, Mongolian artists brought
their epics (Mongolian tuuli) – UNESCO-regconised Intangible Cultural Heritage
- traditional dances and music to the festival.
The Moroccan music troupe Majid Bekkas
entertained the audiences with its impressive performances which show a new
form of musical expression taking root from the spiritual music of Gnawa
trance, mixed with African jazz and blues.
Themed "Cultural Heritage with
Integration and Development: Hue
- One Destination, Five World Heritage”, the Hue Festival 2018, the 10th of its
kind, are taking place from April 27 to May 2.
According to the organising board,
during the first part of the festival from April 27-29, nearly 30 art
performance programmes and festivals were organised, attracting nearly 50,000
visitors to Thua Thien-Hue province per day.
Not only in Hue city, this year’s festival is also being
held in villages. Visitors are offered a chance to participate in a festival in
Phuoc Tich ancient village in Phong Dien district or join a market day in Thuy
Thanh commune, Huong Thuy town where they can enjoy the locality’s specialties.
Source: NDO
The People’s Committee of Lac Son district held a ceremony on April 28 to receive the provincial relic certificate for the ancient rock carving site at Suoi Co stream, located in My Thanh commune.
A special music show titled "The country is in the fullness of joy” has been held at Hoa Binh Square in Hoa Binh city in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025).
The People's Committee of Lo Son commune, Tan Lac district, has organised the local annual traditional stream fishing festival on April 19 - 20.
As a land deeply intertwined with human history and Vietnam’s millennia-long journey of nation-building and defence, Hoa Binh is often revered for its epic tales and legends.
Residents of Hoa Binh boast a rich cultural identity, reflected in their unique language, traditional attire, customs, and folk melodies – described as "sweet as honey, clear as a mountain stream.”
Lac Son district’s Vu ban town held the 2025 Truong Kha temple festival on April 12–13 (the 15th–16th days of the third lunar month). Since its revival in 2019, the festival has been organised every three years, preserving valuable intangible heritage while meeting the community’s cultural and spiritual needs.
