From June 8th to 10th, Quang Dien District will host the Song nuoc Tam Giang (Tam Giang Water Wave) Festival as part of the activities celebrating Hue Festival 2024. The festival will feature a variety of unique cultural, artistic, and sports activities, deeply reflecting the riverine culture of the region surrounding the Tam Giang lagoon.

Few people know that within the premises of the Phuong Duc Primary School at 245 Bui Thi Xuan, Hue City, there exists the only remaining mountain and river deity worship place in the country today - the Son Xuyen Esplanade.

Due Son, also known as Mount Le, Mount Re or Mount Ke, has a slightly pointed shape and beautiful form. The Eastern side of the mountain rests on Ta Trach Lake. The mountain is like a guardian god, standing at the upstream source of the Huong River, protecting the land where the Temple of Literature and the Temple of Martial Arts Saint are located.

On the evening of June 10th, the Song Huong (Perfume River) Magazine launched a poetry and painting performance program titled “Perfume River - A River of Poetry” to commemorate its 40th anniversary since its establishment and first issue (June 1983 - June 2023).

After the photo exhibition “Trinh Cong Son - Meeting you again for first time” at Lan Vien Co Tich – the Huong River Museum of Antique Pottery (at 120 Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Street, Hue City) finished on March 14, it continues to be displayed at the Center for Culture, Information and Sports of Hue city (23-25 Le Loi street).

In the cozy space of the house with ancient architecture on the banks of the Huong River, Cung Tien music lovers had immersed themselves in a romantic, melancholy atmosphere, letting their souls be carried away in the love songs which have a special place in people's hearts.

The fact that emperor Thieu Tri composed the poem “Song Huong” (“Perfume River”) describing his morning on the river proves that the king cruised on a royal ship. Though he wrote “boat,” it was actually a luxurious ship. So what was the royal cruising ship like?

The poetic Son River with its blue water winding around Ke Bang limestone mountains beautifies the uniqueness whenever tourists come to Quang Binh to visit Phong Nha Cave.

In 2015, Dang Tien, a critic, wrote me that he had just found a painting of the Perfume river by Bauchaud, a French artist, in 1902. The beautiful painting vividly depicted women from the market waiting to get on the boat by the Perfume river. The painting later appeared on the cover of the special issue of the Song Huong Magazine (Perfume River Magazine) in March 2015.