The dragon, known by the character "long", is a mythical creature steeped in supernatural qualities, standing at the forefront among the four sacred animals: "dragon, unicorn, tortoise, phoenix". It emerged thousands of years before the Common Era, gradually elevated to a symbol in East Asian culture. The dragon is seen as the ruler governing the rivers and seas, often referred to as the Dragon King.

​On the evening of February 1st, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong visited the construction site of the Huong River Overpass and extended Tet wishes to the workers working there.

On the evening of January 26th, 2024, the award ceremony for the ASEAN Clean Tourist City took place in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Hue City, being one of three cities representing Vietnam, proudly received this prestigious award. This is an award within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) held from January 22nd to 27th. The delegation from Hue City, led by the Chairman of the People's Committee of Hue City, Vo Le Nhat, attended the award ceremony and participated in various activities of the forum.

A positive signal at the beginning of 2024 is that many travel companies have registered to bring cruise travel tourists to Chan May port. The remaining challenge is how to attract more high-end tourists to visit, experience, and “spend money” in Hue City.

On the afternoon of January 15th, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong had a courtesy meeting with the Chairman of Deawon Group (South Korea).

On the afternoon of January 12th, at Duyet Thi Duong (Royal Theater), Hue Monuments Conservation Center (HMCC) organized a Report on feasible research on the investment in the project of restoring, renovating, and embellishing Can Chanh Palace. Attending were experts, cultural and historical researchers and leaders of relevant departments and branches.

On the morning of January 11, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong had a meeting and discussion with Mr. Choi Sang Joo, Chairman of the KX Group (South Korea) on a visit and working trip to Hue City.

No longer following an academic-oriented approach, the majors and training programs at the Hue University are undergoing shifts to meet the demands of businesses and society.

In the process of digitalizing ancient documents about Can Chanh Palace, Nguyen Tan Anh Phong and his collaborators discovered one of the two glass paintings currently hung at the Department of History, College of Sciences, Hue University is the precious painting which used to belong to Can Chanh Palace in the Imperial City.

On the morning of January 8th, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong held a working session with TTC Group.