On April 13, the City’s Union of Science and Technology Associations, in collaboration with the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Science and Technology, and Hue City Youth Union, organized the opening ceremony of the exhibition and judging for the 18th Hue City Youth and Children's Creativity Contest in 2025 (the Contest).

The National Tourism Year (NTY) - Hue 2025 represents a major opportunity for Hue’s tourism industry. The key issue is how to ensure that by the end of NTY, Hue gains significant “profit,” not only in visitor numbers.

On the morning of April 12th, Hue College held a celebration for the 2025 traditional Lao New Year Festival - Bunpimay (Buddhist calendar year 2568), for Laotian international students currently studying and living in Hue City.

Stage 9 from Truong Tien to Phu Xuan, part of the “United Homeland” cycling race for the 37th Ho Chi Minh City Television Cup 2025, kicked off on the morning of April 12 at Tu Tuong Park (Le Loi Street), following the award ceremony for athletes with top results in Stage 8 from Quang Binh to Hue City.

On April 10th, the General Library of Hue City announced its coordination with various organizations to host numerous events and activities throughout April in celebration of the 4th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025.

On the afternoon of April 8, Hue City People’s Committee held a sponsorship contract signing ceremony for the National Tourism Year 2025 and Hue Festival 2025 with Vietnam Airlines Corporation – Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Company.

On the afternoon of April 7th, a representative from the Department of Tourism reported that, according to preliminary statistics, approximately 105.000 visitors came to explore and experience tourist destinations in Hue over the four-day holiday period from April 4th to April 7th, 2025.

The VnExpress Marathon Hue 2025 officially kicked off on the morning of April 6th, with the starting point at Phu Van Lau (Le Duan Street). A record-breaking participation of 12,000 runners was recorded at this fifth edition of the large-scale marathon in the Ancient Capital.

Right after the VnExpress Marathon Hue 2025 on the morning of April 6th, Hue City remained vibrant with the energetic strides of young participants in the Kun Marathon Hue.

“The failure at the 100-mile distance (equivalent to 160km) at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon in December 2024 has only driven me to set new goals in Ultra Mountain Marathon, with a strong resolve to rise from failure,” Nguyen Thi Ngot, a Hue-born runner ranked among the top 10 female amateur marathoners in Vietnam for the 42.195km distance, shared her plans for 2025.