The Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV) will donate 1 billion VND (43,700 USD) to activities within the framework of the Hue Festival 2018, becoming the bronze sponsor for the event.
The signing ceremony of the sponsorship (Source: //tintuc.hues.vn)
ThuaThien – Hue (VNA) – The Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV)will donate 1 billion VND (43,700 USD) to activities within the framework of the Hue Festival 2018, becoming thebronze sponsor for the event.
The signing of the sponsorship took place in Hue city, the central province ofThua Thien - Hue on April 23.
In recent times, BIDV’s branch in Hue has funded many social programmes in thelocality. Notably, it provided two ambulances worth 2.5 billion VND (109,250USD) for the Hue Central Hospital and the Hue University of Medicine andPharmacy.
According to Nguyen Dung, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee andalso head of the Hue Festival organising board, the 10th Hue Festival themed“Cultural heritage with integration and development, Hue - one destination,five world heritages” will take place from April 27-May 2.
A wide range of activities will be held as partof the event including a Buddhism cultural programme, a national festival of“Hat Van” or “Chau Van” (a traditional art form that combines singing anddancing), a music show featuring songs of late musician Trinh Cong Son, ascientific festival, an international trade fair, a cuisine fair and a poem festival.
The festival aims to enhance cultural exchangeand international cooperation, promote Vietnamese and local cultural identitiesin particular to international friends, thus fostering tourism and servicedevelopment towards stronger socio-economic development of the locality.
The event has so far attracted 21 international arttroupes from 20 countries worldwide, including France, the Republic ofKorea, the UK, Mongolia, Japan, Thailand, Russia, Belgium and China.
Hue, which was the imperial capital of Vietnam for over 100 years, is hometo five heritages recognised by UNESCO, namely the Hue ancient citadel reliccomplex – a World Cultural Heritage site; Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) - anintangible cultural heritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s wood blocks – a documentaryheritage item; Nguyen Dynasty’s Chau ban (royal administrative documents) –part of the Asia-Pacific Register of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme;and literature on Hue royal architecture - a documentary heritage.-VNA
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The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is appealing for more financial resources to organise the 10th Hue Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 2.
The Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will provide 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) for the Ao Dai (traditional long dress) festival held under the framework of the Hue Festival 2018, becoming the bronze sponsor for the event.
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The signing ceremony of the sponsorship (Source: //tintuc.hues.vn) 
