On November 29, at the Provincial Blind Association, the Institute for Cooperation and Development (Phu Xuan University) collaborated with Liverpool John Moores University (the UK) and Deakin University (Australia) to organize a training course on applying AI Marketing skills for people with disabilities. The program aims to support the promotion of products made by people with disabilities such as bamboo toothpicks, paper flowers, and massage services.

Shopping has become one of the drives for the trips of many tourists. Together with traditional markets in Hue, the establishment of Aeon Mall Hue will promote the growth of shopping tourism and encourage travel businesses to incorporate shopping into their tours for visitors.

In the bright picture of Vietnam’s tourism which has made a strong recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, Hue tourism shows positive signs in terms of strong growth in the number of international visitors and expanding the market of international tourists.

Thua Thien Hue, along with Da Nang and Quang Nam, are strengthening cooperation to boost tourism between Vietnam and Australia, particularly by connecting the Australian tourist market with Central Vietnam. By enhancing promotion and advertising of the “Amazing Central Vietnam Heritage” tourism brand in Australia, the goal is to attract visitors from this significant potential market to Central Vietnam in general, and to Hue in particular.

Hue is colorful on the days near Mid-Autumn Festival. Hundreds of unicorn heads, together with accessories and props displayed for sale along the street have attracted buyers and wanderers.

On the morning of August 28, Vietnam Grab LLC collaborated with Tourism Department to hold a ceremony to present the project of installing Grab stone benches and decorative pillars at 3 locations, including Hue Imperial Citadel, Dong Ba Market, and Phu Mong Street.

When I was still very young, candies weren’t as diverse as they are now. We only had traditional local sweets, like areca-nut candy, ginger candy, glass candy, peanut candy, bird’s egg candy, and pulled sugar candy… Back then, my grandmother would often come back from the market with a small packet of areca-nut candy, which had a simple label with a picture of Hue landscape.

The close tourism cooperation with ASEAN+3 countries is bringing many positive signals for the national tourism industry. For Thua Thien Hue, the tourism sector needs to find ways to exploit and develop this international tourist market to create a major breakthrough.

On the afternoon of August 1st, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) held a conference to review and approve the results of the provincial science and technology project "Establishing, managing, and developing a certification mark (CM) for “Thanh Toan tiled-roof bridge village market” of Thuy Thanh commune, Huong Thuy town, led by the Office of Culture and Information of Huong Thuy Town.

On the afternoon of July 27th, the Provincial Farmers' Union, in coordination with the People's Committee of Hue City, organized the opening of the first Highland Market Fair in Hue City in 2024.