• 2012 Hue festival wrapped up

The Hue festival held every two years also attracts a large number of tourists and artists from nearly 30 countries across the globe, with a diverse range of cultural and tourism programmes. 

This year, the province will host 20 major events, including 11 at national scale organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

Between July and August, the province will host the national professional theatre festival with the largest-ever scale, while the popular singing contest Sao Mai Diem Hen (Morning Star - Rendezvous) is scheduled for August. 

It will try to seek partners to operate more air services to Phu Bai international airport, and sea routes to Chan May port as well. 

On top of this, the locality will focus all resources to complete the construction of key sites in major tourist areas, build a trademark for Thuan An beach and expand market in the northeastern Asia. 

Thua Thien – Hue has also been making efforts to preserve and promote its rich cultural heritage to serve tourism. 

Phan Tien Dung, Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said among more than 500 local traditional festivals, over 100 have been revived, helping bring more tourists to the locality. 

During the first seven months of this year, the province earned nearly US$145.5 million from tourism.