Hue Festival 2012: Opening of "Rural market festival"

The "Rural Market Festival" combined with the launch ceremony of the "Roofed Bridge" stamp set officially opened in Thuy Thanh commune, Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien - Hue province.

"Countryside market festival" with many activities such as: opening of traditional racing festival of communes and wards in Huong Thuy town; community cultural and artistic program with unique folk games.

Many tourists come toFestival market

Located about 10km southeast of Hue city, the “Countryside Festival Market” by Thanh Toan covered bridge has vividly recreated the atmosphere of the old market with scenes of buying, selling, displaying and introducing agricultural products, handicrafts, forging, wooden art, porcelain and a variety of souvenirs...

Conical hat weaving performance

This year, the “Countryside Festival Market” expanded its participation to include people from wards and communes; small traders; businesses inside and outside the province with many products displayed and introduced at the festival… Hundreds of specialties from many different regions were introduced to visitors from near and far. Stalls selling snakehead fish noodle soup, beef noodle soup, Hue beef porridge; country snacks: snakehead fish, grilled catfish and taro, ginger and chili fish sauce; various types of banh beo, nam, it, uot… were enjoyed by many visitors…

At the opening ceremony of “Rural Market Festival”, there was also the launch of the stamp set “Roofed Bridge”. The stamp set includes 3 stamps introducing the images of 3 roofed bridges in 3 different localities: Kim Son roofed bridge (Ninh Binh), Chua Thay roofed bridge (Hanoi) and Thanh Toan roofed bridge (Thua Thien Hue). The stamp set is also expected to be printed with the logo of the Singapore 2012 World Stamp Exhibition.

"Countryside market festival" in Hue Festival 2012 takes place from April 8 to April 10.

According to Saigongiaiphong