In the festive atmosphere of the “Colors of Spring in the Highlands” celebration in A Luoi, amidst the “tung tung da da” dances and echoing gong sounds, I was fortunate to witness a special ritual of the Co Tu people - the An Ninh Pa Nua festival. This is one of their ancient traditional ceremonies, expressing the sacred feelings of the bride’s family toward the groom’s family after many years of being in-laws.

On the morning of April 12th, Hue College held a celebration for the 2025 traditional Lao New Year Festival - Bunpimay (Buddhist calendar year 2568), for Laotian international students currently studying and living in Hue City.

Following in the footsteps of previous generations, in recent years, teachers and students of Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted have continuously strived to add to the school's record of achievements, affirming the tradition of the land of learning.

On April 2nd, Hue Museum of Fine Arts announced the conclusion of the creating program on the theme “Traditional Art of A Luoi”.

Once the sous chef of a five-star hotel in Hue and a multiple award-winning chef, Tran Huy Cuong took an unexpected turn in his career, venturing into entrepreneurship in his 50s. Driven by the desire to “turn simple things into specialties,” he chose the figs as the starting point for his journey to bring Hue’s traditional culinary products to Vietnamese dining tables and beyond.

Responding to the “Ao Dai Week”, women across A Luoi have been donning their traditional ao dai, shining in costumes made from Zeng fabric. The fusion of ao dai Vietnam with the intricate patterns of A Luoi Zeng fabric creates a look that is both graceful and deeply rich heritage value.

The Hue Museum of Fine Arts, in collaboration with A Luoi District People’s Committee and Hanoi Urban Sketching Group, launched the “A Luoi traditional art” creation program on March 29th.

On the morning of March 28, at the City Sports Center swimming pool, the Department of Education and Training, in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports, inaugurated the Traditional Swimming Tournament for general education students in Hue City in 2025.

Such was the theme of a seminar as part of the activities for the first “Quintessence of Vietnamese Martial Arts Festival - Hue 2025”, held on the afternoon of March 22nd at Duyet Thi Duong Theater - Hue Imperial Citadel.

On the morning of March 22, the organizing board of the Phu Xuan and Thuan Hoa traditional boat race held an opening ceremony for the first traditional boat race in 2025 at Trinh Cong Son Park, Gia Hoi Ward (Phu Xuan District).