For Hue, Resolution 80-NQ/TW (Res 80) opens up a vital opportunity to transform cultural and heritage potential into resources for sustainable development. However, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to fully recognize the existing “bottlenecks” in the management, preservation, and promotion of heritage values.

As part of the 2026 National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the Hue City Center for Disease Control (Hue CDC) is distributing nutritional products to commune health stations. The effort aims to improve the health and nutritional status of malnourished children aged 5 to 16 in disadvantaged communes.

On the morning of October 22, the City’s Cooperative Alliance held a review and closing event for Project AIN8748, titled ‘Evidence-Based Forestry Decision-Making, Sustainable Forest Management, and Certification of Small-Scale Plantation Forests in Vietnam’. The project was funded by Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs through the Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD).

Public bicycles, taxis, electric buses, and charging station infrastructure are gradually appearing on the streets of Hue. With new policies, the city is working to cut emissions, change travel habits, and build a greener and more sustainable urban city.

On the morning of October 13th, Hue City Women's Union held a conference to review the project titled ‘Developing Sustainable Livelihoods through Sustainable FSC Forest Management and Piloting Community-Based Tourism to Revive Traditional Cultural Practices of Ethnic Minority Communities in Phuc Loc Village, Hung Loc Commune.’

On October 10, the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, held a scientific workshop themed ‘Mechanization for Smart Agriculture, Processing Technologies and Materials, and Sustainable Energy toward Net Zero’.

As Hue moves toward its goal of becoming a distinctive heritage city and a major cultural and tourism hub for Vietnam and Southeast Asia by 2030, external relations, particularly cultural diplomacy, are taking on a strategic role. This is what Vice Chairman of Hue City People’s Committee Tran Huu Thuy Giang announced about how Hue can turn its cultural ‘soft power’ into a driving force for sustainable socio-economic development.

Through trade fairs, buyer-seller matching programs and interprovincial and regional trade events, many of Hue’s distinctive products have expanded their distribution channels and reached a wider customer base beyond the locality. Strengthening regional linkages, combined with coordinated support before and after business matching activities, is expected to lay a foundation for more sustainable markets for local products.

On the afternoon of September 24, a delegation from the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission had a working meeting with Hue Monuments Conservation Center to discuss the preservation and promotion of Hue’s cultural heritage, traditional performing arts, and the application of science and technology in heritage digitalization.

With considerable room and momentum for development, Hue City has many advantages in pursuing a modern, green and sustainable industrial sector. However, for industry to become a true engine of growth and contribute to the city’s goal of double-digit economic expansion, a comprehensive set of coordinated solutions is needed.