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Opening time for Hue Festival 2020 adjusted

The Hue Festival 2020 will open on August 26 this year, two days earlier than the previously-decided date of August 28, the festival organising board said on July 21.
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Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Hue Festival2020 will open on August 26 this year, two days earlier than thepreviously-decided date of August 28, the festival organising board said on July21.

Thisis the second time the opening time of the festival has been adjusted thisyear.

Thebiennial festival was initially slated for April 1-6 but then postponed toAugust 28 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The change was made at a meeting of the organising board on July 21.

According to the HueFestival Centre, the adjustment was made in consideration of other activitiesto be held to mark the 75th National Day (September 2) and 60 yearsof the relations of Hanoi – Hue – Saigon.
 
The Hue Festival 2018 was held with the theme: ‘CulturalHeritage with Integration and Development: Hue - One Destination, Five WorldHeritages’.
It attracted the participation of nearly 1,400 artists andprofessional actors including 388 from 24 international art troupes and nearly1,000 from across the country.
Thousands of amateur artists also took part in theevent, which welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors./.
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