The “Tet Hue” Festival organized by Hue city is set to kick off a series of activities to welcome the new year 2024, with the highlight being the “Tet Hue” program organized annually on the occasion of celebrating the nation's traditional Tet.

With the theme "Cultural heritage with integration and development", Hue Festival 2024 will include consecutive activities taking place throughout the year. The event aims to honor and promote the unique values of Vietnamese culture in general and Hue culture in particular.

Among the top 10 records for Asian culinary dishes and specialties this year, Thua Thien Hue has two records recognised as Asian records, which are mussel rice (com hen), a culinary dish, and sesame candy (me xung), a local specialty.

Andrea Teufel, a German conservator-restorer, has dedicated almost 20 years of her life to restoring the heritage buildings of Hue. Among the many relics she has worked on, Phung Tien Temple is the one that she researched extensively and worked hard to restore its architectural beauty.

Thua Thien Hue is a land that has all the necessary elements and advantages for the development of wellness tourism (WT). For this type of tourism to develop and attract customers, the construction and promotion of the WT brand needs to be implemented in a systematic and in-depth way.

In 2023, tourism activities in the area of Hue City have recovered and shown good growth. The number of tourists visiting Hue has increased significantly, especially international tourists, leading to a substantial rise in the overall retail sales of goods and services. This contributed to Hue City achieving and surpassing all 12 economic and social targets for the year.

At 20:00 on December 31, 2023, the Hue Countdown - Happy New Year 2024 program will return at the intersection of Hung Vuong Street, Hue City, promising to bring the most eye-catching and exciting performances to audience of the Ancient Capital. The most anticipated star at this event is rapper Hieuthuhai.

In the High-Achievement Sports Development Project by Thua Thien Hue Province in the 2021 - 2025 period, with an orientation to 2030, badminton is classified as a group 2 key sport with focused investment. With the appearance of many promising young faces, Thua Thien Hue badminton has a lot of hope.

Landscapes, festivals, cultural activities, and beliefs of ASEAN countries through the art of photography are introduced to the Hue public through the exhibition named “Culture and arts of ASEAN countries - 2023”.

On the occasion of a recent working trip to Hue and attending a conference themed “The modernization process in Hue and Central Vietnam during the French colonial period”, a delegation of experts and scientists from France and Japan had a visit and working session with Hue Monuments Conservation Center at Tang Thu Lau (Archive Pavilion).