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| Front page of Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 63 |
With urgent, synchronized and well-structured preparations, Hue is ready for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026 - 2031 term. Mr Nguyen Thanh Binh said that in the current final stage of preparation, the city is focusing on several key tasks. First is strengthening inspection and supervision of election preparations at the grassroots level. The city’s Election Committee has established inspection teams led by members responsible for specific areas to directly check preparations in wards and communes. The inspections focus on the dissemination and implementation of directives from central and city authorities, as well as reviewing the progress of each step in accordance with the procedures and regulations of the Law on Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils.
Another particularly important task is reviewing, compiling and publicly posting the voter list. This step plays a decisive role in ensuring citizens’ voting rights. Localities are continuing to carefully review and update information to ensure that voter lists are accurate and complete, without omissions or duplication. At the same time, the lists of candidates and their action programs are being publicly posted in accordance with regulations so that voters can easily follow them. The city is also paying special attention to ensuring security and social order before, during and after election day, creating a stable environment for the election to take place safely, lawfully and successfully.
In the same issue, Tu An wrote the article “Để không ai đứng ngoài Ngày hội dân chủ” (Ensuring no one is left out of the Democratic Festival) and Bui Ngoc Long contributed the piece “Bầu cử & quyền công dân” (Elections and citizens’ rights).
From Community Heritage to a Vision Toward the Sea is an article presenting the perspective of Phan Thanh Hai. Through the story of the “tam niên đáo lệ” (once every three years) whale-worship festival of Thai Duong village, held every January at the Thuan An Estuary, the author expands the discussion to the broader development of the Thuan An coastal area, which is increasingly seen as Hue’s gateway to the sea, an area for developing marine tourism, service-based economic activities and ecological urban spaces.
“But for such development to have identity and sustainability, the core element remains community culture. The Whale Worship Festival forms the foundation for experiential tourism products linked to fishermen’s lives, provides material for building Hue’s maritime cultural branding, and more importantly, nurtures human values. Deep within this festival are qualities essential for a city in the new era: community solidarity, adaptability to the natural environment, gratitude toward one’s origins and confidence in the future,” Mr. Phan Thanh Hai writes.
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| A photo of Hue Corner in Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 63 |
Alongside these highlights, this issue of Hue Today Weekly also features many other engaging articles, including: Nơi chốn của Huế (Places of Hue - Nguyen Quan); Gầy dựng hiệu quả du lịch bền vững từ các kỳ nghỉ (Building Effective Sustainable Tourism from Holidays - Huu Phuc); Níu giữ nghề xưa (Preserving Traditional Crafts - Ngoc Ha); Gặp Cuba giữa lòng Orlando (Encountering Cuba in the Heart of Orlando - Phan Quoc Vinh); Cầu thủ người Quảng ở Huế (A Quang-born Footballer in Hue - Phi Tan); 90 mùa xuân, 90 tác phẩm (90 Springs, 90 Works - Nguyen Khac Phe); and Thơm hương hành Hương An (The Fragrance of Huong An Shallots - Duc Quang).
Readers are warmly invited to explore Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 63, or access it online at https://huengaynay.vn/xem-bao, starting March 15th.