Aside from Vietnamese localities, 25 foreign cities that have established
cooperative ties with Hue ancient capital city are expected to join the
festival, said Nguyen Van Thanh, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee
and head of the organising board
Artisans will come from such countries as Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK),
Turkey, Brazil, and China, he added.
Festival goers will have a chance to enjoy a special performance by famous RoK
artists like SinB, Tae Kyu Yun, and Rae Joon, as well as music by the band
Vitamin Angel.
The festival, in its eighth version, aims to honour the quintessence of
traditional crafts, improve production and business efficiency of traditional
craft villages, enhance cooperation across spheres, spur socio-economic growth,
and combine handicrafts with tourism development, Thanh said.
He added that the municipal People’s Committee expects to organise a large-scale
festival to contribute to promoting the image of Hue city, which is home to the
five UNESCO-recognised heritages of the Complex of Hue Monuments, Nha nhac
(Vietnamese court music), the woodblocks of the Nguyen Dynasty, the imperial
archives of the Nguyen Dynasty, and the literature on Hue royal architecture.
Source: VNA