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According to the Provincial People’s Committee, in 2018 Thua Thien Hue expects to attract about 10-15 foreign investment projects with total registered capital of about USD 400 million.

On February 6, Thua Thien Hue Union of Friendship Organizations (HueFO) organized the 2017 conclusion meeting and 2018 mission launch. The 1998-born organization is the focal point for public diplomacy of the province.

At the regular press conference and meeting with the press on the afternoon of February 5, Mr. Nguyen Van Cao, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and praised press agencies in the area which over the past time have accompanied the province and contributed to the process of socio-economic development and ensuring defense and security of the locality.

On February 6, at Hue Museum of Culture there will be a representation of Hue Tet with various activities such as competition of making chưng cake and tét cake (glutinous rice cakes), competition of making different kinds of mứt (crystallized ginger, sweetened coconut, jams, etc.), organizing folk games and entertainment programs, etc.

In the framework of Hue Festival 2018, Department of Culture and Sports will organize the “Âm vọng sông Hương” program (“Perfume River’s resonance” program).

Each work will send the viewers many messages on the days of spring which is full of aspirations for love of life, etc.

According to Tourism Department, TripAdvisor – the world famous travel website has just announced the vote of international tourists that Hue is among top 10 attractive destinations in Vietnam.

On January 30, the provincial Steering Committee of Economic Census held the closing ceremony to report the preliminary result of general economic census in 2017.

According to the Plan No.9 of the Provincial People’s Committee on deploying the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction in 2018, the whole province strives for reducing the poor household rate down to 4.92% from 5.98%.

The Mau Tuat 2018 Spring Press Fair will take place for 15 days, from February 7 to February 21 (December 22, Dinh Dau year to the end of 6th day of Mau Tuat Lunar New year) at No. 22B Le Loi Street – Provincial Journalists Association’s head office. That is the information released by the Provincial Journalists Association at the conference to deploy the Mau Tuat 2018 Spring Press Fair.

The Provincial Department of Finance held the meeting of concluding 2017 and deploying 2018’s tasks on January 26. Distinguished guests attending this important meeting included Mr. Le Truong Luu, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Van Cao, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

That is the impact delivered by the project “Establishing healthcare models for women and improving midwifery’s capacity at the grassroots level” funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan through the Vietnam Association of Midwives (VAM) and Japanese Organization for International Co-operation in Family Planning (JOICFP), concluded on Jan 25 in Hue city

This information was released by the investor, the Provincial Management Board of projects on investment in construction of agricultural works and rural development, on January 24.

On the afternoon of January 24, Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh paid a visit and handed gifts to the poor families, policy-favored households and disadvantaged children in Phu Vang district on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year holidays (Tet).

Many issues related to the planning, construction, and characteristics of ancient works were brought up for discussion at the seminar on the theme of resilience of ancient works in Hue City which was held by Department of Architecture, University of Sciences - Hue University and Chiang Mai University - Thailand on January 22.