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 August 20, 1983, Ca Hue Club (belonging to Hue Cultural House) officially came into being and was based in a small house at 47 Tran Hung Dao St. (presently Phu Xuan Bookstore.)

On the afternoon of September 5, Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper coordinated with the Provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held the inauguration ceremony of the “National Flag Road” on the way to Uncle Ho’s Memorial House in Duong No village, Phu Duong Commune (Hue City).

At the seminar "Hollowness and Open Space of the City" jointly organized by ASHUI, Tich Thien Vien and Thua Thien Hue Association of Architects, speakers and architects with diverse perspectives exchanged many interesting stories and experiences about gardens and open space inside houses and the “hollow and open” space within the city.

While the article about the book "Echoes of the Truong Son" (Thuan Hoa Publishing House, 2023) was being prepared when I included it in the collection of essays "Life's Many Paths" (Writers Association Publishing House, 2023), from Ho Chi Minh City, Mrs. Dam Thu continuously sent touching feedback to Hue about the work that she had just "poured her efforts" into completing.

“Reaching the sustainability from noodle covers” is a program carried out in Hue by the Green Instant Noodle Club from July 26 to train knitting techniques for people with disability at Hope Center – a Vocational Training and Job Creation Center for People with Disability and Children in Difficult Circumstances (No.20 Nhat Le St., Hue City).

Although still very young, tea artist Tran Thi Thanh Nhi, the owner of Nhi Do Mai tea house, has been dedicated to the traditional art of making floral tea for nearly ten years, particularly the unique tea creations found only in the ancient capital city.

These days, pagodas in Hue are busy decorating and preparing for celebrating Vesak 2567, while some households engaged in making lanterns on Chi Lang Street are racing against time for delivery.

We went to Mr. Tran Van Duc's house, residing at 9/172 Nguyen Trai, Tay Loc Ward (Hue City) right on the 133rd birthday anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh. Duc's house is located deep in a quiet and peaceful alley.

How to make Truc Chi (Bamboo Thread) present in all Vietnamese houses has been the dream of Phan Hai Bang, Ngo Dinh Bao Vi and their partners in the very beginning. Their dream is materializing when Truc Chi can be found now in almost all provinces and big cities in Vietnam.