Early in the morning, in a three-bay house filled with sea air in Phuong Loc Village (Phu Vinh Commune), 73-year-old Tran Van Than, surrounded by bamboo baskets, miniature boats, and coracles, was moving his hands skillfully with thin bamboo strips. Having spent decades making a living from the sea, though his health no longer allows him to work at sea, his deep affection for his hometown’s sea lives on through every product he makes.

This year’s National Day vacation (September 2nd) is again bringing a surge of tourists to Hue. Alongside careful facility preparation, many accommodation businesses in the city have proactively refreshed their services, paying attention to even small details in the guest experience to give visitors a joyful, comfortable holiday.

Social housing projects in Hue City are increasingly focusing on investing in synchronized infrastructure, high-quality amenities, and smart technology. These improvements have helped change young people’s perceptions of this type of housing.

On the morning of August 17, in Khe Tre Commune, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, the Thien Tam Fund (Vingroup), and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, in coordination with Saigon Eye Hospital - Song Han, held a humanitarian eye-screening program for ethnic minority people in the two mountainous communes of Khe Tre and Long Quang.

On the afternoon of August 10th, Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Tran Huu Thuy Giang met with Ms. Dang Thi Thu Ha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Turkey, and Dr. Vu Le Thai Hoang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to the Republic of Austria.

Once lost, Kim Hoang folk paintings are gradually making a comeback thanks to the effort of artisan Nguyen Thi Binh. Recently, those paintings have been exhibited and introduced to the public in Hue.

Green transition requires businesses to accept higher upfront costs and change the way they operate. This has led many to ask: “What do we gain in return?” In reality, however, those initial investments can translate into stronger competitive advantages, greater brand value, and access to higher-quality customer segments.

Dressed in the traditional ao-dai, Professor Bui Duy Tam spoke about his passion for the ao-dai, and how he has preserved and spread this traditional cultural value during his years living far from home.

On July 5, the Hue Entrepreneurs Club in Ho Chi Minh City opened the third Charity Tennis and Pickleball Tournament 2026, themed “Joining hands to support the poor, and poor and studious students”, competing for the Hue Entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City Cup.

On June 22nd, Hue Central Hospital announced that patient P.M.D. (41 years old, residing in My Thuong Ward, Hue City), who received a heart transplant from a deceased brain-dead donor, had made a good recovery and was discharged from the hospital. This was the 23rd successful heart transplant performed at the hospital and the last of six recipients who received organs and tissues from the same brain-dead donor to be discharged.