On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - France diplomatic relations, Jean-Charles Sarrazin, an artist, conducted an instructive discussion on illustration and hands-on drawing session for students of Thuan Hoa High School at the French Institute in Hue, located at No.1 Le Hong Phong Street (Hue City).

On the evening of November 7th, the Vietnamese Cuisine Culture Association held a ceremony to announce and present certificates for the outstanding culinary dishes of Thua Thien Hue province in phase I – 2022, and launched the nomination voting for the second phase in 2023 of the “Journey to discover the typical cultural value of Vietnam’s cuisine”, and awarding membership certificates to the Culinary Culture Association of Thua Thien Hue.

On the morning of November 6, the ceremony to commend and reward a student achieving achievement at the 2023 Asia - Pacific Physics Olympiad, and a student entering the final round of the 23rd “Road to Mount Olympia” (with Vietnamese title “Duong len Dinh Olympia”) took place at Quoc Hoc Hue High school for the Gifted.

On the morning of November 5, at the University of Sciences, Hue University (the host), the 32nd Olympiad in Informatics for Vietnamese students (ICPC) in the Central Region took place.

These are 6 of 121 Vietnamese culinary dishes that have just been honored by the Vietnam Cuisine Culture Association (VCCA) as typical national dishes in phase I of a project titled "Building and Developing Vietnamese Culinary Culture into a National Brand Name”. All of these 6 dishes, including: Hue beef noodle soup, glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with roasted pork in sweet soup, mussel rice, banh loc (glutinous rice dumplings), vegetarian fig salad, and lotus-leaf-wrapped steamed rice; all are close to the gardens and paddy fields of the land.

As a land of culinary quintessence, Hue’s cuisine is highly appreciated and favored by visitors from all over the world. With 6 dishes being honored, Hue proudly outnumbered other provinces and cities.

This is the first online art exhibition space in Vietnam with the aim of bringing art closer to the public and applying digital transformation to introduce and promote Vietnamese culture and art.

Once following a friend of mine to Hoi An (Quang Nam province), I was quite impressed with the communal house of Cam Thanh commune. From outside, the building has a bold characteristic of the image of a Vietnamese village with a row of upright areca palm trees. In particular, the structure of sturdy wooden columns and bamboo frames, and available natural materials make visitors feel close to their homeland.

On September 26th, at Duyet Thi Duong theater, Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, in collaboration with Thua Thien Hue Stage Artists Association, organized the celebration of Vietnamese Theater Day (on August 12th in lunar calendar).

At the 23rd “Road to Mount Olympia” (with Vietnamese title is “Duong len Dinh Olympia”) 2023, Thua Thien Hue is honored to have Nguyen Minh Triet, a 12th-grade student specialized in Physics at Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted, who enters the final round and brings the 6th live broadcast to Hue.