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The ninth Hue Festival 2016 will be held from April 29 to May 4, honouring cultural and historical values of the former capital city.

As many as 14 typical garden houses in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue will be upgraded in the first phase of a project to preserve and promote the unique values of the houses.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is looking to attract 15 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with total registered capital of about 350-400 million USD.

Two foreign cruise ships, the Celebrity Millennium and the Europa, harboured at Chan May Port in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on March 4.

Non-profit organisation Handicap International on March 3 provided central Thua Thien-Hue province half a million USD in non-refundable financial aid to support people living with brain injuries.

About 92,000 holidaymakers visited central Thua Thien-Hue province during the 10-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 5-14, up 16 percent from last Tet.

The Eastern Medicine Association in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising Tien Y temple as a provincial historical relic last week.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre received two medical gadgets sponsored by the Republic of Korea (RoK) for emergencies cases involving tourists with heart failure on February 19.

Imperial maids in the royal capital city of Hue during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1905) had charming beauty with fair and smooth complexions. Their beauty secret was the nu (bud) powder.

Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4 with various culture, sport and art activities.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa is expected to welcome 160,000 visitors, including 40,000 foreigners, on the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which starts on February 8.

Vietnamese visitors, including overseas Vietnamese, will be able to visit the Hue Imperial Citadel Thua Thien-Hue province from Feb. 8-10 (the first to third day of the Lunar New Year) for free.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue will invest 6.3 billion VND (274,000 USD) to equip 50 commune post offices with computers, internet and books in the period from now to 2020.

The Cay Neu (Neu pole) erecting ceremony, a traditional activity in the run up to the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, was re-enacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel, Thua Thien-Hue province, on February 1.