Building upon the achievements of previous festivals, the highlight of the Hue Festival 2024 is the Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024, themed "Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development," taking place from June 7-12, 2024. The "Opening Ceremony," featuring a street performance before the opening at Ngo Mon Square, will be a welcoming activity to kick off the festival week. The arts program will be a vibrant night of sound and light, showcasing creativity based on the core values of the nation's and humanity's cultural heritage. The program will be made even more dazzling and radiant by the support of modern technology such as laser projection, LED Matrix, Hologram, and 3D Mapping. Performances on stage will portray Hue as a city "Shining with Heritage," developing sustainably, respecting nature, being friendly and peaceful; and celebrating the "Magical Ancient Capital." A place with a rich tradition of "converging sounds" from regions both within and outside the country; honoring a sustainably developing city with the aspiration of "shining brightly for generations to come". 
Returning to the ancient capital of Hue during the 2024 Festival, a gathering place of heritage colors, held for the first time at Kien Trung Palace, Hue Imperial Citadel, the essence of Hue shines through a stage design combining 3D mapping projections on a semi-realistic art stage at Kien Trung Palace. Vietnam.vn would like to introduce to you the dazzling, mystical, and colorful images of Hue from the light displays in the photo collection "Hue Festival 2024" by author Cao Nguyen Xuan Dat. For centuries, the essence of the entire country has been refined and nurtured into a rich and distinctive culture, making Hue today a place of cultural exchange and convergence with all corners of the world. The author submitted this photo collection to the "Happy Vietnam" Photo and Video Contest, organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications . 
The opening ceremony of the Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024, held on the evening of June 7th at the Kien Trung Palace within the Hue Imperial Citadel, marked the beginning of a series of vibrant activities for the Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024. 
The Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024 offered attendees unique and novel experiences in culture, history, and art. It was a gathering place for captivating performances by prominent domestic and international artists, showcasing traditional court music and dance, unique folk melodies, and high-quality traditional and contemporary art programs from eight countries across continents, held nightly on stages at Kien Trung Palace, Thai Binh Lau, Thieu Phuong Garden (Hue Imperial Citadel); community stages at Quoc Hoc Monument, 3.2 Park, and throughout Thua Thien Hue province. The Hue Festival connects Hue in history and Hue in the present to shape the Hue of the future – a Hue that is always new. We are honored to welcome all visitors from near and far to the ancient capital of Hue to enjoy many new, distinctive, and impressive features. 
The Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024 concluded with an art performance on June 12th at Kien Trung Palace, Hue Imperial Citadel. This spectacular and unique artistic event created a vibrant blend of tradition and modernity, offering an experience of the cultural colors of Hue, Vietnam, and countries around the world. Alongside the main programs and activities, there were also accompanying events, social programs, and many other community cultural activities. The Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024 aimed to promote the image of Hue, enhance the brand and position of Hue – a distinctive festival city of Vietnam, and contribute to the successful implementation of the goals of Resolution 54-NQ/TW of the Politburo , striving for Thua Thien Hue to soon become a centrally-governed city.
