In response to the complex developments of Typhoon No. 12, the Health sector of Hue City has implemented synchronous measures to ensure the safety of people, especially pregnant women, the elderly, and vulnerable groups.

On October 4, Hue City Cardiology Association organized a free medical examination program in Loc An Commune for policy beneficiaries and the elderly.

On the occasion of the Great Vu Lan (Ullambana) Festival of Filial Piety, the Social Charity Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Hue City recently organized activities to present loving gifts to lonely elderly people and disadvantaged children.

It was just another ordinary day at the Center for Nursing and Care for the Meritorious in Hue City - a place that welcomes revolution contributors, and policy beneficiaries each year. It is also a long-term home for dozens of war invalids, sick soldiers, and relatives of martyrs who have no one to rely on. The Center is currently caring for ten elderly women. Most of them live alone and have special circumstances, but here they are cared for with wholehearted attention and dedication.

In Da Lay commune (Da Teh district, Lam Dong province), the new homeland of the people from Hue today, it is hard to recognize the traces of the hardships from nearly half a century ago. The most recognizable feature in this rural area that carries "Hue far away" is the distinctive Hue accent, the conical hats of the elderly women glistening as they shield their kind smiles, and the lively mornings with loc and nam cakes. We arrived at the Da Lay market in the Central Highlands and felt as if we were back in Hue, enjoying street food and chatting at a corner of Dong Ba or An Cuu markets…

In response to the 2025 World Glaucoma Week, Hue Central Hospital - Ophthalmology Center is organizing a free eye check-up program for individuals over 60 years old or those who are at risk of developing glaucoma.

With a modern agricultural mindset and diligent, hardworking hands, Mr. Phan Lai Duc, a member of the Elderly Association in Quang Vinh Commune (Quang Dien District), has transformed the white sandy land into an organic farming and livestock ranch generating billions in revenue.

He is an elderly man who is 106 years old, still living in Hue. It is extremely rare for a witness of the abdication of the last emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty 79 years ago to still be alive today. Not only that, he also participated in photographing Emperor Bao Dai.

A Biah Hill, a.k.a Hamburger Hill, or Hill 937 is one of two historical destinations in the A Luoi highlands. The higher you climb towards the top of the hill, the narrower and more desolate the road becomes. Yet, this place still has a strange attraction for tourists, especially veterans from both within and outside the country. Many elderly visitors have to cut trees to make walking sticks, conquering more than 850 steps over 1.5km long to reach the summit.

“Despite our old age, we still strive to learn how to read and write since life will be much better with literacy.” - that is the confession of a student in the illiteracy eradication class in Village 3, Vinh Thanh commune, Phu Vang district.