Hue Ao Dai Festival 2023: Tales from the river

Updated: 10:34, 14/08/2023

Hue Ao Dai Festival 2023 was organised on August 12 as part of Hue Festival 2023 which was designed as a four-season festival in order to organise a series of festive activities throughout the year, promoting the unique values of Hue and Vietnamese culture, and showing scenic spots, spiritual tourism and local cultural activities to lure tourists.

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With the theme "Tales from the river", the festival is expected to innovate and turns the event into a unique show of Thua Thien-Hue, meeting the demand of the public.

The festival attracts well-known designers from all over the country with special collections which are associated with Huong river.

It consists of three chapters, featuring a lot of art performances and fashion shows.

Introduced in 2000, Hue Ao dai Festival has left a special impression on domestic and foreign visitors. It aims to honour, preserve and popularise Vietnamese traditional long dress.

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