Featuring “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development” towards the Millennium Anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi, the 50th anniversary of sister cities of Hanoi – Hue – Saigon, the 2010 Hue festival will include many large-scale, impressive cultural art performances alongside hundreds of special tourism programmes to honour the unique cultural values of Vietnam in general and Hue in particular, expand the international exchange and promote tourism in the country.

Particularly, the “Navy manoeuvre under the Nguyen Dynasties” on the Huong River with the participation of 900 people will replay the tradition of national construction and defence to glorify the power of Vietnamese people in the war time.

Besides the opening and closing ceremonies, a variety of well-staged and interesting performances will also take place, including the Ao dai Grand show, the “Oriental night” programme, the performance of Vietnam’s beauty of the second edition called “the resonance of Ngan River”, many community activities like the Hue Poem festival, science seminars and the painting exhibition themed “From Thang Long Ancient Capital to Hue Ancient Capital” on Trang Tien bridge by hundreds of painters and fine arts students.