According to the announcement released by coach Nguyen Van Phap on the afternoon of July 28, the Hue Taekwondo team had wrapped up its campaign at the 2026 National Youth Taekwondo Championships with encouraging achievements.

On the afternoon of July 26, the 9th Hue City People’s Council for the 2026 - 2031 term held its second Specialized Session, electing Mr. Le Tri Thanh, Deputy Secretary of Hue City Party Committee, as Chairman of Hue City People’s Committee for the 2026 - 2031 term.

As Hue City advances its development as a centrally governed heritage city, the need to fully identify and recognize the city's cultural, historical, landscape, and human values has become increasingly urgent.

Hue Today, Issue No. 480 features numerous outstanding news items, including monitoring the quality of delayed construction projects, warnings about online scams targeting young people, a veteran setting a role model in economic development, efforts to take Hue Tuong closer to visitors, and tribute activities for families of revolutionary contributors in observance of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day…

On July 22, the University of Sciences, Hue University held a ceremony to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steinbeis University NEXT of Germany, marking a new milestone in its strategy to expand international partnerships and further enhance the quality of training, scientific research, and higher education integration.

Many valuable archival materials of the Nguyen Dynasty, as well as Hue’s historic structures and rituals, remain scattered across museums, archival centers, and private collections abroad. Through international cooperation and connections with researchers and cultural organizations, Hue is working to bring these archival resources home to support the restoration, conservation, and reconstruction of its heritage.

Following the Ban Soc Ceremony of the Nguyen Dynasty, held on the very first day of 2026, Hue officially kicked off its year-long Hue Festival celebrations.

On the afternoon of July 20, Hue City Folk Arts Association held a scientific seminar to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Hue Folk Arts (1991-2026).

If the past 5 years were a period of building a ‘data reservoir’, the next 5 years will be a time of forming a ‘data power plant’, where data is not only stored, but also harnessed to create new values. This also requires management agencies to shift from a mindset of managing data to the one of exploiting and promoting its values, bringing heritage closer to the public while opening new opportunities for economic development based on heritage.

From July 16 to 21, a delegation from Hue City, led by Vice Chairman of Hue City People’s Committee Tran Huu Thuy Giang, attended the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC48) in Busan, South Korea. During the visit, the delegation also organized a series of large-scale cultural and tourism promotion events in Seoul and Busan.