After moments of family reunion and New Year greetings to grandparents and parents, many local residents and visitors have chosen Hue Imperial Citadel as their destination for early spring outings, immersing themselves in a Tet atmosphere rich in cultural depth.

Wanting to personally prepare meticulous Tet gifts, while “subtly showing off” their dexterity, many young people are making their own candied fruits and sweet treats for their families, for relatives and friends, or for small-scale sales.

As “blackened teeth” have faded from daily life, the craft of making tooth-blackening powder, once closely tied to that custom, has also gradually faded away… In Hue, Mr. Dinh Bao An (63 years old, residing on Chi Lang Street) and his wife are the last keepers of the family formula for this powder, a fragment of the memories of Hue smiles in the past.

Growing up from the fields, steeped in rustic flavors of the countryside - “salty fermented vegetables, sour white eggplant”, yet it was not until my late forties that I first heard of mut ca phao (white eggplant preserves) from Hue. The humble eggplant, so familiar on simple family meals, appears here in an entirely unfamiliar form - a delicately beautiful preserves for the Lunar New Year.

On January 23, the family of the late musician Trinh Cong Son, in coordination with the People's Committee of Quang Dien Commune, organized a program to present Tet gifts to households in difficult circumstances in the commune.

I did not grow up in a family devoted solely to farming, yet my childhood held a clear and gentle chapter shaped by the cycles of rain and sun in my grandparents’ fields. Those years, and the memories they carry, have left a lasting mark, so that even now, I am stirred by an inexpressible emotion whenever I see farmers busily preparing for a new sowing season.

Beyond highlighting the role and core values of the family, the annual German film festival KinoFest 2025 conveys a message about the meaning of family: not as a fixed ideal, but as a space of complexity, contradiction, care, and change.

Over 200 students from secondary schools in Thuan Hoa Ward (Hue City) took part in an educational event promoting knowledge about the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh, as well as communication activities related to the 2025 Family Development Strategy.

On the morning of November 25, the Family Planning Association of Hue City held a conference to launch the Respond Project - a project aimed at enhancing access to reproductive and sexual health (RSH/SH) services and implementing new service delivery mechanisms for the community.

On November 17, the University of Law, Hue University, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Vietnam, organized an international scientific seminar on the topic “Prevention of Family Violence - Experiences from Germany and Vietnam”.