A professional training course for swimming and diving lifeguards in 2025, organized by the Department of Culture and Sports, is taking place from May 15 to 19 at the city's Sports Center (the swimming pool at 2 Le Quy Don Street). A large number of trainees from the sports and education sectors, as well as water sports businesses in the city, are participating.

The Department of Culture and Sports, in collaboration with a team of experts from the National Museum of History, has commenced the second phase of archaeological surveying and excavation at Lieu Coc Twin Towers site.

In this age, with just a smart phone, all people, both old and young, can easily capture beautiful moments. But only professional photographers can take photos which are full of cultural identity of a land.

This statement was emphasized by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tung, Architect, (Faculty of Architecture, University of Sciences, Hue University) at the seminar “French Colonial Architecture and the “Western Quarter” in Hue City”, which took place on the afternoon of May 11 at the Hue Book and Cultural Space (No. 23 - 25 Le Loi St., Thuan Hoa District).

On the morning of May 11, in Hue City, Keiser University Vietnam (KUV) - Hue Center organized a cultural and educational event with the theme “Keiser Culture Day - Experience the American Vibe with KUV”.

To spread the value of Hue Bookcase and reading culture within schools, Hue City Institute for Development Studies has organized activities to introduce Hue Bookcase in schools. Hue Today newspaper recently had a conversation with Mr. Cung Trong Cuong, Director of Hue City Institute for Development Studies, about these initiatives.

A Nor community-based tourism village (Hong Kim Commune, A Luoi District) captivates visitors with its majestic natural beauty and vibrant local culture. The area is paving a new path for tourism that connects history, wellness, and traditional healing.

From May 4 to 13, Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) is coordinating with the People's Committee of Hue City, Tourism Development Support Fund, Vietnam Airlines, and partners to organize a program introducing Vietnamese tourism, traditional craft villages, and cuisine, and connecting businesses on the occasion of the National Tourism Year - Hue 2025 in three European countries, including Italy, Switzerland, and France.

Dozens of displaying booths promoting the culture and tourism of provinces and cities across the country gathered in Hue to participate in the exhibition themed “Space for Tourism, Cultural Heritage, Landmarks, and Traditional Handicraft Products of Vietnam”.

On the afternoon of April 26th, at Tang Tho Lau (Archive Pavilion) inside Hue Imperial City, Hue Monuments Conservation Center organized the “Exploring and Promoting the value of the Documentary Heritage: The relief castings on the Nine Dynastic Urns at Hue Imperial Citadel” event in celebration of Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025.

Hue is known as the land of many types of cakes, from royal cakes offered to emperors to commoner cakes. Among them is a type of cake that few people know about, called “Hồng Đào Nguỵ Quả”; (or commonly known as Gac or Spiny gourd cakes), a cake shaped like a unique fruit that people in Hue present on joyful occasions such as weddings and festivals.

In a space adorned with traditional Tet decorations, over 40 students from various primary students in Hue city area dressing traditional ao dai are immersing themselves into cultural folk games on Tet days.

We would like to invite you to admire some pictures of Tết flowers. Those are the images of the bright smiles of flower sellers and transporters at Phú Hậu wholesale market, the images of old men and ladies taking care of flowers in Phú Mậu flower village, the images of the colorful Thanh Tien paper flowers and the happy faces of young couples. Joy is in the air at the turn of the lunar new year.

Since the beginning of the 11th lunar month, the grapefruits in Phuc Dien ward, commonly known as the capital of Dien grapefruits, have begun to turn yellow and ready for harvesting. The fruitful grapefruit trees creates a poetic space that attracts many people to come and check-in.

We would like to invite you to admire the peaceful, fresh images of nature and people in Hue in the last days of the lunar year when the weather is a bit chilly yet filled with warm sunshine. The pure beauty of the foliage or the gates of ancient forts could mesmerize visitors during their trip to Hue city.

We would like to invite you to admire the images of maple forests changing leaves, surprisingly beautiful, in Huong Linh commune, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province.

We would like to invite you to watch the images of Rông houses (Tall Houses) - a unique style of architecture, at Kon Rôn village, in Ngọc Kéo commune, Đăk Hà district of Kon Tum province.

Being the first programme held in Hue, titled “the folk fare”, children will get to experience many games such as stone throwing, Catching the crabs, Mandarin square capturing, Balls and sticks, hopscotc

You have just watched the images of cherry blossoms blooming on the lush oolong tea hills in Sa Pa, signaling the arrival of the new spring. We wish you all a new year filled with joy, happiness and success.

Upon preliminary treatments, the young chefs begin to make steamed fish with the five spicy types of fennels in the style of Hue-Royal and steamed snails with lemongrass leaves.