On the afternoon of the 30th day of Tet, the incense village of Thuy Xuan (Thuy Xuan Ward, Hue City) became more crowded with many delegations of international tourists coming to visit, experience, and take commemorative photos.

After over 10 days taking place of the 2nd Hoang Mai Hue Festival 2024, on February 7, the festival officially closed with the closing ceremony and the awarding ceremony for the contest “Hoang Mai Hue – Spring Masterpiece”.

Step by step experimenting with training new sports in the Olympic sports system and continuing to implement the remuneration policies to attract talent are the issues raised in Thua Thien Hue’s development of high performance sports.

Alongside the significant programs and activities that have been taking place in the city to create a joyful and bustling atmosphere to welcome the Lunar New Year of Dragon, Hue City focuses on embellishing the streets to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year), with the highlight of the 2024 Spring Festival stretching from the south bank of the Perfume River to parks and green spots in the city.

On the morning of January 30th, the Organizing Committee of the “Tet Hue 2024” program held a press conference to provide information about the purpose, significance, and some activities within the framework of the Tet Hue 2024 program. The conference was attended by city leaders, departments, and journalists from central and local press agencies.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuc, Director of the Provincial Department of Tourism, said that on the evening of January 26, within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), there was an award ceremony for the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awards, taking place in Vientiane, Laos. The three cities representing Vietnam have been awarded (which will be effected from 2024 to 2026) namely: Hue (Thua Thien Hue Province), Vung Tau (Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province), and Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh Province).

The Hue International Sculpture Camp and Public Art Design Competition - 2024 with the theme "Impressions of Hue, Vietnam" is scheduled to take place at the park along the north bank of the Huong River (Kim Long Street, Hue City), starting in January 2024.

On January 11, leaders of Hue University and other related universities, departments, and faculties had a meeting with Mingsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Mingsin University).

In the process of digitalizing ancient documents about Can Chanh Palace, Nguyen Tan Anh Phong and his collaborators discovered one of the two glass paintings currently hung at the Department of History, College of Sciences, Hue University is the precious painting which used to belong to Can Chanh Palace in the Imperial City.

On the morning of January 6, at the National Hero Memorial of Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue (An Tay Ward, Hue City), Hue City People's Committee held an incense offering ceremony to commemorate the 235th anniversary of Nguyen Hue’s Coronation and dispatching army to defeat the Qing army. The ceremony was attended by representative leaders of the city, departments, branches, unions and people in the area.