The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has opened a
new culture centre for tourists at a historic site that had been an
office during the Hue royal dynasty.
Visitors to the former imperial palace in Hue City
can now walk through the same halls once frequented by queens during the
Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has just bought a rickshaw used by
Queen Mother Tu Minh, mother of King Thanh Thai (1879-1954), at an
auction held in Paris.
Heritage sites across Hue province will charge
visitors new entrance fees, ones that reflect the monuments'' value and
are blind to nationality, said an official of the Hue Monuments
Conservation Centre on Wednesday.
Hue Monuments Conservation Centre re-enacted the Tet pole erecting ceremony that was once held in the former Royal Palace during the Nguyen Dynasty reign (1802-1945).
Phan Thanh Hai, director of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre said
nearly 3,500 international tourists were the first visitors in Hue on
the first day of 2014.
Five invaluable royal items have been stolen from Khiem Lang Mausoleum
in Thua Thien-Hue Province, the resting place of a Nguyen Dynasty
(1802-1945) king
Laos and Hue are to exchange information on
conservation work following an understanding signed by The Hue Monuments
Conservation Centre and its Laos counterpart yesterday (Apr 22).
The famous royal garden in the former imperial city of Hue will be
brought back to its original design in a restoration project to be
completed next month.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre is planning to
build a sanctuary for rare and precious trees where the treasured
species can be preserved and cultivated.
