"Thien Mu" Pagoda

The Thua Thien Hue provincial People’s Committee, in co-ordination with CIAT Company, held a press briefing to introduce the Culture, Tourism and Trade Fair in Hue Festival 2006 which will take place from June 3 to 11, 2006. 

During the festival, there will a book exhibition entitled “700 years of Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan-Thua Thien Hue - cultural heritage, integration and development”. An exhibition will be held on the cultural, tourism potential of Hanoi, Thua Thien Hue Province, Ho Chi Minh City and many other provinces, cities in the past 30 years and the touris m potential of localities with World Cultural Heritage Sites as well as an exhibition on traditional handicraft villages and many other performances by art troupes from France, Indonesia, Thailand, Argentina, Japan, Russia, the Republic of Korea and Australia.

The event will also feature Vietnam folk games, an international sculpture camp, seminars on history, and a poem collection on Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan-Thua Thien Hue during the past 700 years.

According to the organising board, the fair is expected to attract around 800 -1,000 booths.

(Source: VOV)