Hue is an area with many regional specialties. The end of the year is an opportunity for these products to be more widely known in the market. Many stores selling agricultural and local specialties recently have also displayed products and specialties of the region for the Tet holiday.

The Provincial Union of Literature and Arts Associations organized a program to award and honor writers and artists on the morning of December 27th 2023 to honor writers and artists who have won international, domestic, regional, annual awards of the Union of Arts and Literature Associations, or other prestigious national awards.

This December 2023, the Regional Container Lines (RCL) from Thailand opened an international container shipping route to Chan May port. This shows not only the potential and advantages of the port but also a driving force and catalyst contributing to the development of the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone in particular and Thua Thien Hue province in general.

In the framework of Hue Digital Transformation Week 2023 – “Creating digital data – promoting regional connectivity” held by the Provincial People’s Committee in collaboration with the Vietnam Software & IT Services Association (VINASA), the opening ceremony of the exhibition featuring typical digital technology platforms and solutions took place on the morning of December 14 at Song Huong Theater.

On the afternoon of December 12th, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, had a courtesy meeting with Mr. Edgar Doerig, Head of the Bureau régional pour l'Asie et le Pacifique - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (BRAP-OIF) (or the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the International Organization of La Francophonie), and Mr. Aldo de Luca, Deputy Ambassador of Switzerland to Vietnam.

Hue Digital Transformation Week 2023, with the theme “Generating Digital Data - Accelerating Regional Connectivity,” is expected to unveil strategies for a new phase of digital transformation (DT) in Thua Thien Hue. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son, Director of the Department of Information and Communication (ICT) shared insights on this significant event with Thua Thien Hue Weekly.

With two Chan May and Thuan An quay areas partially invested and in operation, and Phong Dien Seaport calling for investment, the seaport system in Thua Thien Hue aims to reach out and make regional connections.

Phan Ngoc Anh Thu, a student from class 8/6 at Tran Cao Van Junior High School (Hue City) has just won high prizes in the regional round of the World Scholar’s Cup 2023 (an international eloquence contest) held in Da Nang.

On January 4, the “Xuan Hong” (“Red Spring”) blood donation and organ donation registration festival was co-organized by the Hue Regional Blood Transfusion Center, the Medical Training Center, the Human Organ Transplantation center, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Hue Central Hospital, the Provincial Red Cross, the Blood Bank Club of the Ancient Capital, and the Blood Bank Club of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy.