Every year, around the 20th of the 12th lunar month, just before Kitchen Gods Day, we the children in the city center were sent to the family lineage house on the slope of Ha Khe Hill near Thien Mu Pagoda to visit our grandma and helped her prepare for Tet since my parents were too busy to come.

“When living in this land, I aspired to live every day to the fullest with my loved ones, find the energy to recover from the disease, etc.,” shared Mr. Hylton Lipkin, the first Ambassador of World Wellness Weekend in Vietnam.

From the passion for the ao dai, Nguyen Giang Thanh, a Hue girl, and her associates founded VietCharm, with the aims to promote and spread Hue ao dai in Australia.

In Hue, somewhere on the sidewalk, you can see Prunus Persica blossom trees nestling themselves next to an old tree. Those are Prunus Persica blossom trees that their owners left after Tet (Vietnamese New Year’s Day.)

On the first days of the new year, tourists destinations, hotels, and resorts, etc., all recorded a significant number of tourists coming for visiting and entertaining.

The Tet fair in My Loi village (Vinh My commune, Phu Loc district, located to the South of Hue city) is traditionally only opened in the first three days of the Lunar New Year. The Tet Fair has been preserved and maintained for hundreds of years, showing the traditional culture of the countryside there.

I was invited to take a ‘Green Hue’ sightseeing trip. Standing on Gia Vien bridge and look northwards on a sunny day, I saw River Huong was supported with different colors: yellow of the Golden Shower tree, scarlet of the Flamboyant, velvet of the crape-myrtle, blue of the sky and green of water. It made me think of a picture of happiness and well-being in the deep memory of more than thirty years: Sinh paintings.

It looks as if they are just dry firewood branches, but only after 5 - 10 days of watering and caring can these dry branches sprout, blossom with vitality.

Thanks to the 3D-scanning application, data of the status quo of architectural works in Hue heritage complex were obtained and stored. These data are used for conservation as well as for virtual reality (VR) tours.

Hue is attractive and poetic in every season in its own way. The old-day ancient beauty has been now added with colors of festivals organized all year round. These festivals are carefully selected and upgraded, and visitor-friendly.