2014 Hue Festival is going to be held in April

The theme of 2014 Hue festival will be named “Cultural heritage with integration and development”, said the Festival Organising Committee. The Festival is going to held from April 12-20, it will has the participation of art groups from 25 countries and territories worldwide and France will be the main partner. 



The Vietnam Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) on September 21 became the biggest sponsor for 2014 Festival after the bank had dealed to fund 5 billion VND (230,000 USD) for the event. Vietinbank’s Thua Thien–Hue branch also transferred bo bien chung (brass bells) to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre. They are instruments that were used in Hue’s royal performances in the Nguyen dynasty, the bank funded 300 million VND (14,200 USD) for the restoration of the bells.

The restoration works were took place Hue city’s Duc ward with the assistance of Korean traditional percussion artisan Kim Huyn-kon. Dr Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Conservation Centre explained that brass bells are arranged in a specific position to achieve different sound levels. The bells used to be played at musical performances in the Hue royal court. However, the instruments were fell into oblivion in the early 1900s, and nobody is able to play them at present. When Hue royal court music was recognised by UNESCO in 2003 as world intangible cultural heritage, the centre has actively implemented several projects to preserve and restore the Hue royal court music.