The Hue Golden Week of Tourism will take place on April 22-28 with a series of promotions at heritage sites, offering visitors an eclectic choice of discounted tours and bonus services. The week is in response to the 2015 domestic tourism stimulus programme launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the 40 th anniversary of national reunification (April 30) and the Hue traditional craft festival (April 28 – May 2), according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre. Accordingly, visitors touring the Imperial Palace and Minh Mang and Khai Dinh tombs will receive free entrance to the Thieu Tri tomb and An Dinh palace. In addition to the above sites, visitors to Tu Dinh will be taken to Gia Long and Thieu Tri tombs, Hon Chen temple and An Dinh palace for free. Groups of 20 or more visitors will enjoy guided tours free-of-charge, 10-30 percent discount on ceremonial music performances, photos and electric car services, among others. During the week, the Ta Tra … [Read more...] about Bản in : Discount tours of Hue heritage sites in late April
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Hue Imperial Citadel to open at night to tourists
According to an announcement from the Hue Relics Preservation Center, the Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) in the former capital of Hue will be open to tourists from 7pm to 10pm from April 22. Night tickets will be the same as day tickets, at VND120,000 ($5.3) for Vietnamese and VND150,000 ($6.6) for foreigners. The program “Dai Noi by Night” will allow tourists to experience ancient royal rituals, traditional dance, and artistic performances as well as Hue traditional crafts and other royal activities. VN Economic Times … [Read more...] about Hue Imperial Citadel to open at night to tourists
Local people offered free entry to Hue Imperial Citadel at night
On March 22nd, at a seminar promoting the new programme to visit Hue Imperial Citadel at night, director of Hue Relics Preservation Centre Phan Thanh Hai said local people will get free tickets from April 22nd to 29th, and 50% off the ticket price from April 29th. Accordingly, Hue Imperial Citadel will open to tourists from 19:00 to 22:00 from April 22nd. After the initial period, night tickets will be the same rate as day tickets, at VND120,000 for Vietnamese and VND150,000 for foreigners. To enhance the night-time experience, activities that once took place inside the Imperial City will be replicated. These include musical performances, shift change rituals of the old imperial guards, religious offerings and martial arts training by the imperial army. The pilot programme will run until September 15th to help tourists avoid daytime summer heat and give them more time to experience imperial cultural spaces in the citadel. Several royal rituals will be reinstated to serve tourists./. … [Read more...] about Local people offered free entry to Hue Imperial Citadel at night
Nhandan Newspaper – Additional fund comes to Hue Festival 2016
VNPT representative Duong Tuan Anh said that along with the sum, the company will provide free telecommunication services and Internet transmission to serve live television programmes during the event from April 29 to May 4. The Thua Thien-Hue Telecoms company will also open a press centre with free services for reporters covering the event. VNPT has been among sponsors of the Hue Festival since it was first organized in 2000, according to Nguyen Dung, Vice Chairman of Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee and head of the festival organising committee. Other major sponsors for the festival include the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), the MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation and the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank). Themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, the event is part of celebrations for the 710th anniversary … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – Additional fund comes to Hue Festival 2016
Bản in : Hue showcases retrospectives on late composer
Hue opens two exhibitions that offer free entrance to visitors, showing photos of German artist Astrid Schulz and memorials from friends of a Vietnamese well-known late song composer Trinh Cong Son. The New Space Arts Foundation is showing until the end of this month photos taken around Hue by the German artist, featuring "Made in Vietnam". The exhibition shows collection of Vietnamese foods that Schulz captured in her photos. It also features portraits of people who produce the foods, including fishermen, livestock keepers or farmers cultivating fruits or vegetable. "We often forget how labour intensive it is to produce what we eat. Especially in the Western world the connection between food and nature seems to get lost," said Schulz, aiming at reminding the origin of food provisions and people who are working in food production such as small scale farming, fishing and producing of local delicacies. At another place, friends and fans of late song composer Trinh Cong Son, who was … [Read more...] about Bản in : Hue showcases retrospectives on late composer