The 2024 Vietnamese Ethnic Groups Cultural Festival is currently taking place in Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province. This year, the Thua Thien Hue delegation participates with over 60 cadres, artists, and artisans.

“Aside from the theme of Hue's cultural heritage, what impresses and moves me most while creating artistic photographs in this land is its people. Hue's people are simple, rustic, and have their identity,” shared photographer Hoang Quoc Vinh (born in 1986, Gia Lai), who was recently honored with an award for the outstanding artistic work about Hue for his photo collection “ Complex of Hue Monuments”, in an interview with Thua Thien Hue Weekly.

On December 11, the leader of the Provincial Department of Culture and Sports announced that Thua Thien Hue has been honored as one of the top 10 localities leading the Production Attraction Index (PAI) and film production environment in Vietnam.

On December 11, representatives of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports informed that the Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced the decision to include the Hue Nam Temple Festival (Huong Tho Commune, Hue City) and Van Cu noodle-making craft (Huong Toan Commune, Huong Tra Town) in the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The photo exhibition themed “Life of the lotus” by Nguyen Khoa Huy, the photographer, is being displayed at Hue City Center for Culture, Information and Sports (23 - 25 Le Loi Street), from November 26 to December 10, 2024.

That is the topic of a workshop held on the afternoon of December 7 at 23 - 25 Le Loi Street (Hue City), featuring a talk by Nguyen Chi Ngan, a lecturer from the Division of Anthropology, Archaeology, and Tourism Culture, Faculty of History, University of Sciences, Hue University. The event was organized by Hue Books and Culture Club.

In a joy of a significant historical moment, as the goal of the entire political system and local people which is making Thua Thien Hue a centrally-governed municipality come true, Thua Thien Hue Newspaper would like to review and highlight through photos some key projects that mark the province’s development with a consistent and unified point of view: Building a centrally-governed municipality based on the preservation and promotion of the values of typical heritage, culture, and history of the Hue land.

On December 5 and 6, at the Provincial Continuing Education Center, the Provincial Department of Education and Training, in collaboration with the Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, organized a training session on teaching safe swimming skills and preventing drowning in students.

On the morning of December 1st, the competition “Ring the Golden Bell” was held at Le Duc Anh General Cultural House on the occasion of the 104th birth anniversary of the late President, General Le Duc Anh (December 1st, 1920 - December 1st, 2024).

The opening of the Co Do (Ancient Capital) Modern Dance and Folk-Dance Cup took place on November 24th, 2024, at the gymnasium of Hue University’s Faculty of Physical Education. The event attracted 300 athletes from 25 dance and folk-dance clubs across the province.