On the morning of October 29, the Institute for South Asian, West Asian, and African Studies (ISAWAAS), under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), in coordination with the City Tourism Association and relevant agencies, held an international workshop entitled ‘Developing Halal tourism: International experience and the current state in Hue City’.

Inspired by a love for traditional culture, young designers in Hue are finding ways to bring heritage values into clothing through their own creative languages.

On the morning of October 28th, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a send-off ceremony for Hue's Sports Delegation ahead of the 10th National Sports Games 2026. With strong determination and a commitment to fair play, the delegation aims to win 6 - 8 gold medals at this year's event.

Hue City Center for Disease Control (Hue CDC), in coordination with the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, is surveying and collecting samples of food products and popular dishes in the city, with the aim of supplementing data and contributing to the completion of Vietnam’s Food Composition Table.

Hue Central Hospital (HCH) has successfully performed two consecutive kidney transplants using LifePort organ preservation technology, bringing the total number of kidney transplants performed at the hospital using this technology to five. Notably, one donor kidney was transported more than 1.800 km across Vietnam after approximately 18 hours of cold ischemia, helping expand life-saving opportunities for patients with end-stage kidney disease.

Inspired by visits to historical sites, two students from Dang Van Hoa Secondary School in Phong Thai Ward have created a digital museum featuring nearly 200 artifacts from 15 heritage sites in Hue. Their project won Third prize in the final round of the 2026 National Young Informatics Contest.

The 10th Hue City Sports Festival 2026 officially opened as the traditional torch lit at Ho Chi Minh Museum, then arrived at the sports arena in the City’s Cultural and Sports Square. Beyond celebrating the strength of the sports movement, the event also reflects Hue’s aspirations to develop sports in a way that preserves its identity and reinforces its new standing in a new era.

As part of the 2026 National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the Hue City Center for Disease Control (Hue CDC) is distributing nutritional products to commune health stations. The effort aims to improve the health and nutritional status of malnourished children aged 5 to 16 in disadvantaged communes.

As part of activities marking the 130th anniversary of the school’s establishment (October 23, 1896 - October 23, 2026), on October 24, Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted held a workshop titled ‘Developing a Mechanism to Develop a Pool of Outstanding Students for Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted at the Lower Secondary Level’.

Resolution No. 10-NQ/TU, dated October 12, 2026, issued by the Standing Board of the Hue City Party Committee on the development of Chan May - Lang Co urban area through 2030, with a vision to 2045, sets out a strategic direction: establishing a southern growth pole, expanding the city’s development space, and strengthening regional connectivity. For Hue, this is a step toward turning its locational advantages, natural resources, and scenic landscapes into development capacity, while fostering complementarity between the heritage city and the coastal urban area.