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The first music festival for pupils and students across the country will take place in two rounds of competition from September 2008 to March 2009.
For the first time, Binh Dinh central province will host big cultural festival named Tay Son – Binh Dinh with theme “Converging and Development”. This is a good chance to promote special culture of the land of martial arts.
“Wherever we are, Vietnam is always part of our heart”, the Union of Vietnamese Youth in France (UJVF) President Nguyen Minh Man said during the group’s visit to Vietnam for the Hue Festival.
The biennial Hue Festival closed on the evening of June 11 after nine days of traditional festivities with a special art programme taking place in the Hue Imperial Citadel’s Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square, with the participation of many Vietnamese singers and dancers.
A 15m-long and 1.45m-wide picture made from cajeput bark and butterfly wings is attracting crowds at this year’s Hue Festival in central Thua Thien-Hue province. The largest-ever so far of its kind, the picture depicts famous landscapes and relics in Vietnam’s northern, central and southern regions.