Projects bringing heritage ‘back to life’

Projects bringing heritage ‘back to life’

More than three decades after UNESCO inscribed the Complex of Hue Monuments as a World Cultural Heritage Site (1993), nearly 200 structures and components have been restored, helping turn heritage into a resource for development...
Vietnam’s oldest cadastral record preserved in Hue

During fieldwork, I gained access to several ancient Han-Nom documents recording the migration, land reclamation, and establishment of villages and communes. Most notably is a cadastral record dating to the 9th year of Dai Hoa reign...

Vietnam’s oldest cadastral record preserved in Hue
Memorial exhibition for the royal armrest pillow artisan

More than 3 years after the passing of folk artisan Cong Ton Nu Tri Hue, the one who kept the secret techniques of making royal armrest pillows of the Nguyen Dynasty, an exhibition dedicated to her has been organized by young people.

Memorial exhibition for the royal armrest pillow artisan
Culture becomes an important internal resource for development

At the scientific conference themed “Hue in the 40 years of renewal process alongside the country (1986 - 2026)”, experts stated that over the past 40 years, the process of renewal has produced historically significant achievements,...

Culture becomes an important internal resource for development
Researching special mechanisms linked to a heritage city model

The project emphasized the need to shift from the perspective of a “city with heritage” to a “heritage city creating growth”, while establishing sufficiently strong & targeted mechanisms tied to responsibilities and measurable outcomes

Researching special mechanisms linked to a heritage city model
The Painter Tran Van Mang and layers of color

It had been a very long time before the elderly painter Tran Van Mang, from the old quarter of Bao Vinh, made a “comeback.” His paintings are much like his personality: strong, decisive, yet soft and full of emotion.

The Painter Tran Van Mang and layers of color
A Reunion of Watercolor Paintings

Featuring 80 artworks, the exhibition showcases a wide range of themes and artistic styles, from landscapes, urban scenes, portraits, and heritage architecture to nature, people, and even abstract compositions.

A Reunion of Watercolor Paintings
Young people tell heritage stories

The Royal Antiquities project has now been operating for nearly three months and has initially created positive effects on social media platforms.

Young people tell heritage stories
Perspectives on heritage

The art photography exhibition themed “Perspectives on heritage” offered the public an emotionally rich artistic space, featuring 90 works by photographers from Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Perspectives on heritage
Adapting to the contemporary art context

The artwork “Whispers” by Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, a student from the University of Arts, Hue University, has recently been honored as an outstanding work at the 8th “Hue Young Fine Arts Award” 2026.

Adapting to the contemporary art context
Unlocking growth drivers from heritage

Looking further ahead to 2045, Hue aims to become a “distinctive and smart heritage city,” serving as a prominent cultural center in Asia, while developing cultural industries into a key economic sector...

Unlocking growth drivers from heritage
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