Hue Today Weekly Issue No. 69, published April 23rd is now available

Front page of Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 69

This issue features a wide range of engaging articles awaiting readers, including: Attracting Learners to Specialized Arts Fields (Nhat Minh); With a Kind Heart, Every Story Can Have a Happy Ending (Hien An); From A Luoi to the Independence Palace (Nguyen Khac Nguyet); Creativity as Part of Learning and Solving Practical Problems (Hoai Thuong); Urban Transformation in Hue (Tam Anh); Historic Sites: Igniting Patriotism (Mai Hue); My Father’s Book (Pham Nguyen Tuong); Stories from Ancient Manuscripts (Lien Minh); A Morning on the Huong River (Dung Nguyen); Reflections from Hoa Xa Coffee (Dan Duy); The Blockage (Nguyen Dinh Anh); “Street Football” in the Ancient Capital – The Power of Collective Strength (Han Dang), among others.

Through the article “Guardians of Heritage”, based on the meeting between Hue Monuments Conservation Centre and its scientific advisory council along with researchers to discuss adjustments to certain components of the preservation and restoration project of Tu Duc Mausoleum, Kim Oanh explores both the challenges and efforts to overcome difficulties faced by the agency tasked with managing the Complex of Hue Monuments. The article underscores a key message from the city leader: Hue’s heritage is an invaluable asset not only of Hue, but of Vietnam and humanity as a whole. The responsibility lies in preserving, promoting, and passing it on to future generations in a better, more vibrant, and more meaningful state. In that journey, the mission of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre is that of a trusted “guardian” of heritage. A mission that requires deep dedication aligned with the revival of heritage values.

Red Addresses: Igniting Patriotism is a gentle yet meaningful piece by Mai Hue in the Life Pulse section. It tells the story of young people in Hue tracing back through time to visit “red addresses” (historic revolutionary sites), continuing the narrative of patriotism through the lens of the digital generation.

Life page in Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 69

Viet Hai, a character featured in the article, shared his reflections on Chin Ham site: “This place was originally an ammunition depot built by the French colonialists, later converted into a detention site for revolutionary cadres and soldiers. Structurally, the bunkers were built with solid semi-military concrete, half-submerged and half-exposed around Thien Thai Mountain. Each bunker held prisoners based on classification. Today, bunker No. 8 (with 20 cells) has been restored, while the others remain only as traces”.

Though not his first visit, each time he walks down the steps beneath the pine forest leading to bunker No. 8, Viet Hai still feels a deep sense of shock and reverence. The young man from Binh Dien shared emotionally: “Even though I had mentally prepared through documents beforehand, standing inside those cramped, dark cells and seeing reconstructed models of prisoners held here made me truly grasp the brutality of what was once called a ‘hell on earth’…”

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