For tourists from all over the world and Hue people, Vesak day (Buddha’s birthday) is an annual event as well as an indispensable spiritual practice with a variety of celebration activities.

The recent prolonged hot weather has led to a significant number of people heading to Huong River, the section that flows through the center of Hue City, to cool off and beat the heat.

On the 155th anniversary of the birthday of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan - the mother of President Ho Chi Minh - and the 133rd anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, the People's Committee of Nghe An province, in coordination with the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province, organize a special show called “Người mẹ làng Sen” (“The mother in Lotus village”).

Although the Huong River is just located humbly in the area of Thua Thien Hue, this river is still full of beauty from being fierce in the sections of waterfalls in the upstream of the old forest to being gentle and fond when flowing through the delta. Just like that, the Huong River has been an indispensable part in the deep spiritual life of Hue people and Hue culture.

After Hue craft festival 2023 being organized for eight days, on the morning of May 5, the People's Committee of Hue City held a closing ceremony of a contest for voting the typical products at Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, and announced the winning products.

Reaching Hue to perform for the first time on the occasion of the Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, the Belgian Namur stilt art troupe received enthusiastic cheer and welcome from tourists and locals. On every route the stilt troupe passed, at the intersection where the stilt troupe stopped, the stream of crowded people admired the talented performances both thrilling and humorous by the artists

Specifically, from April 29th to May 3rd, Thua Thien Hue tourism welcomed 99,000 visitor arrivals, an increase of 80% compared to 2022, in which there were about 36.3 thousand international visitors, an increase of 26 times. Guest stay is estimated at 54.4 thousand people, an increase of 70%.

On the morning of April 29th, the People’s Committee of Hue City, in collaboration with J&T Express, organized the “Creating Success on Digital Business Platforms” seminar. Attending the seminar were Permanent member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Hue City Party Committee Phan Thien Dinh, as well as leaders of departments, agencies, and enterprises from all over the country.

On the afternoon of April 26th, Ms. Ngo Thi Ai Huong - Vice Chairman of Huong Thuy District People's Committee, announced that the Nón lá (conical hats) of Van The (from Van The village, Thuy Thanh commune) would represent Hue's conical hats at the 9th Hue Traditional Craft Festival in 2023.

On the occasion of Vietnam's 2nd Book and Reading Culture Day, on the morning of April 22, the provincial People's Committee held a meeting with publishers and publishing companies to listen to feedbacks and suggestions for the development of the Hue Bookcase project.