Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 96, features a special series on investment attraction and the ripple effects created by ‘leading cranes’ (leading investors) on its front page, highlighting the role of investment attraction in achieving the city’s socio-economic development goals. The issue also offers in-depth perspectives on politics, education, digital transformation, culture, and the arts, etc.

On the afternoon of October 28, Mr. Trinh Manh Linh, Member of the Party Central Committee and Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, chaired a reception and working session with a delegation of young leaders from the Cambodian People’s Party during their visit and working trip to Hue City.

On the morning of October 28th, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a send-off ceremony for Hue's Sports Delegation ahead of the 10th National Sports Games 2026. With strong determination and a commitment to fair play, the delegation aims to win 6 - 8 gold medals at this year's event.

On October 27th, Hue City Farmers' Union and Que Lam Organic Agriculture One Member Limited Liability Company signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop organic and circular agriculture and strengthen agricultural value chain linkages in the city. Mr. Nguyen Chi Tai, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hue City, attended the signing ceremony and delivered remarks.

Hue City Center for Disease Control (Hue CDC), in coordination with the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, is surveying and collecting samples of food products and popular dishes in the city, with the aim of supplementing data and contributing to the completion of Vietnam’s Food Composition Table.

Medical tourism and wellness tourism are not new development trends. Hue possesses many favorable conditions to develop these two types of tourism. However, to effectively exploit existing advantages, it is necessary to create products that align with market demand, based on linkages among medical facilities, service providers, and travel enterprises.

From fabric scraps, eggshells and coconut shells, Nghia Collection creates handcrafted products rooted in Hue culture. This model of producing and selling recycled handicrafts won Third Prize in the final round of the 2026 ‘Women’s Entrepreneurship – The Digital Transformation Journey’ competition, organized by the Hue City Women’s Union.

Hue Central Hospital (HCH) has successfully performed two consecutive kidney transplants using LifePort organ preservation technology, bringing the total number of kidney transplants performed at the hospital using this technology to five. Notably, one donor kidney was transported more than 1.800 km across Vietnam after approximately 18 hours of cold ischemia, helping expand life-saving opportunities for patients with end-stage kidney disease.

Inspired by visits to historical sites, two students from Dang Van Hoa Secondary School in Phong Thai Ward have created a digital museum featuring nearly 200 artifacts from 15 heritage sites in Hue. Their project won Third prize in the final round of the 2026 National Young Informatics Contest.

The 10th Hue City Sports Festival 2026 officially opened as the traditional torch lit at Ho Chi Minh Museum, then arrived at the sports arena in the City’s Cultural and Sports Square. Beyond celebrating the strength of the sports movement, the event also reflects Hue’s aspirations to develop sports in a way that preserves its identity and reinforces its new standing in a new era.