On October 14 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Hue City People’s Committee signed an Action plan for cooperation on the development of culture, sports, and tourism through 2030. Hue City is the first locality to sign such a cooperation plan, aiming to tap into the potential and advantages of the city as a heritage city, a Festival City, and a distinctive cultural center of Vietnam.

With a new approach that shifts from ''preserving and exploiting individual monuments'' to ''connecting and leveraging the entire heritage system,'' the Project titled ''Leveraging the Value of President Ho Chi Minh Relics in Hue City for Tourism Development (2026 - 2030)'' (hereinafter referred to as the Project) also aims to address uneven heritage promotion and the lack of system-wide connectivity among historic sites.

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 the afternoon of October 10th, Hue City Youth Union, in coordination with Vietnam Publishers Association and Vietnam Digital Library Joint Stock Company, held a signing ceremony for a cooperation program on ‘Developing Reading Culture and Digital Knowledge Spaces in Hue City’. ​

“Thuan Hoa Ward needs to take the initiative in researching planning options and proposing investments, while also inviting businesses to participate in developing public amenities, services, and tourism. The proposals should link new development investments with urban renovation, and assess the feasibility of implementation during the current term,” emphasized Mr. Le Tri Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, and Chairman of the City People’s Committee.

On 18 September 2026, the Standing Committee of the Hue Municipal Party Committee issued Plan No. 101-KH/TU to implement Resolution No.19-NQ/TW of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Political Bureau’s Action Program No. 33-CTr/TW on renewing Vietnam’s development model. Plan 101 does more than put an important Central resolution into concrete terms. It raises a long-term approach for Hue: what development model should this centrally-governed municipality choose so that it can achieve new growth, while also preserving and promoting the values that make up its unique identity?

Hue Today Weekly, Issue No. 93, offers readers an in-depth look at Hue City’s project to develop services and tourism along the Dong Ba - Bach Dang - Huynh Thuc Khang river axis; and an idea for piloting and eventually expanding the Digital Citizen Station model. The issue also features prominent current affairs, as well as many engaging stories about history and culture…

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.

“With its advantages in geographical location, seaport infrastructure and regional connectivity, Hue City has considerable potential to develop its logistics sector,” said Do Thai Duong, Project Director of LEC Group at the Chan May - Lang Co Economic Zone, in an interview with Hue Today Weekly.

On October 4, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) held a ceremony to mark the National Innovation Day 2026 under the theme ‘Innovation - A Driving Force for Society’s Development’, underscoring the need to make innovation a driving force for development across all sectors and fields and throughout society.