The Vietnam - Japan Local Cooperation Forum 2026 (the Forum) is expected to resolve obstacles, accelerate ODA-funded projects, attract investment, strengthen educational ties, and establish a mechanism for annual cooperation between localities of the two countries, contributing to creating momentum for Hue City’s economic breakthrough and deeper international integration.

On January 30, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, in coordination with the Agriculture and Environment Newspaper and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Vietnam), organized the “Media Forum on Mobilizing Community and Stakeholders to the Work of Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation” under the framework of MiB-GBF Project.

On the morning of December 5, Hue City Union of Science and Technology Associations, in coordination with Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Hue University, organized a forum themed “Promoting Hue’s Young Intellectuals to Thrive in Global Integration”.

On December 14, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University held a scientific forum titled “Asia-Pacific Communication Rehabilitation 2024” and a closing ceremony of the KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) Speech Therapy project.

On the morning of April 24th, Hue University in collaboration with Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF)) organized an international workshop with the theme “Gender and the Role of Women in Smart Cities and Climate Change Adaptation".