Hue City has attracted interest from numerous major corporations and businesses, opening up new opportunities for industrial and tourism development. However, the key challenge now is to turn proposed projects into reality as soon as possible, thereby boosting production capacity, creating more jobs, and generating additional revenue for the city’s budget.

On the morning of October 31, Hue City People’s Committee held a conference to announce its tourism stimulus policies and give a press briefing on new tourism products.

Medical tourism and wellness tourism are not new development trends. Hue possesses many favorable conditions to develop these two types of tourism. However, to effectively exploit existing advantages, it is necessary to create products that align with market demand, based on linkages among medical facilities, service providers, and travel enterprises.

Leftover fabric scraps, after being carefully selected and pieced together, have found a ‘new life’ as unique handmade products. What makes these products more meaningful is that they are made by children at Tam Binh Center for Children with Disabilities (Thuy Xuan Ward, Hue City). The initiative not only helps reduce material waste, but also provides a meaningful vocational learning environment for children with disabilities.

A group of young people who continue “the story of Hue’s lotus” by giving it new life beyond culinary products or the blossoms that brighten every summer, through decorative items, gifts, and unique accessories.

Starting with traditional rice paper, 9X entrepreneur Tran Thi Thuy Ha, Director of VN Flex Import-Export Trading and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (VN Flex), has applied technology, introduced new production methods, and developed a line of rice-based snacks. Her journey has made her the only representative from Hue to be named among 86 Outstanding Young Startup Entrepreneurs.

Traditional culture is now being embraced by young people in new, youthful, engaging and accessible ways through craft village workshop tours. This form of experience is becoming increasingly popular, attracting many young people and tourists who can directly take part in and create traditional handmade products themselves. More importantly, these activities help preserve and spread cultural and historical values while honoring the craftsmanship and dedication of people in traditional villages. ​

On the occasion of Vietnam’s Science, Technology and Innovation Day 2026 (May 18), Hue city launched activities to honor outstanding scientists and present awards in science and technology competitions. Recognition and prizes serve as a bridge between scientific research and real-world life, helping to identify valuable new talents, products, and inventions that can be applied in real life to drive local socio-economic development.

On May 14th in Hue, the Journalism Professional Training Center under the Vietnam Journalists Association, in coordination with the city’s Journalists Association, organized a specialized training course titled “Applying Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Multimedia Content Production” for more than 40 reporters, editors, and communications officers. Attending the event was Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Nam, journalist, Chairwoman of the city’s Journalists Association and Deputy Director of Hue Newspaper and Radio-Television Station.

On April 26, the People’s Committee of Huong An Ward hosted a program titled “Huong An Rural Market” in 2026 under the theme “Mi xu mi som” (First sale of the day). The activity was held to promote local agricultural products, enhance the development of rural tourism, and spread traditional cultural values in the new development era.

The tourism potential and resources in localities are abundant, and favorable for developing community tourism, and rural agricultural tourism, etc.