On March 12, Hue City Department of Culture and Sports announced that Hue City Relic Dossier Appraisal Council (the Council) held a meeting to review scientific dossiers proposing the classification and adjustments of the protection zones for relics in the city.

On the afternoon of March 10, Mr. Nguyen Khac Toan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, and Chairman of Hue City People’s Committee, chaired a meeting with relevant departments, sectors, and units to review reports and provide feedback on night-time economic development projects in the area.

It took a whole month of scheduling before I could meet the famous Vietnamese-American chef Kevin Tien in Washington, D.C. It’s truly fascinating that in the heart of the U.S. capital, there’s a culinary space called Moon Rabbit - where this young man quietly plants seeds of creativity to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the world and inspire the Vietnamese expatriate community.

On the first working day following the Lunar New Year of the Horse 2026 holiday, the number of patients seeking medical examination and treatment at healthcare facilities across Hue roses again. Several illnesses had increased, particularly among the elderly and patients with underlying conditions.

On the morning of February 23, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee held a conference to evaluate the situation before, during, and after the Lunar New Year of the Horse 2026; and to review adjustments of Hue City’s Master Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision to 2050, to meet the development requirements in the new phase.

From February 7th to March 8th, 2026 (from the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month of the Year of the Snake to the 20th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Horse), all bus terminals in Hue City enter their peak period to meet the surge in travel demand during the Lunar New Year (Tet).

On the morning of February 5th, Hue City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hue City held a meeting with representatives of distinguished intellectuals, scholars, scientists, and artists on the occasion of the Spring of Year of the Horse 2026.

On February 4, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh had a courtesy meeting with the delegation of China Pacific Construction Group, led by Mr. Tong Shaoding, General Director, Vice Chairman of the Group’s Board of Directors.

Through an introduction from Ms. Samantha Colón of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (Nevada, USA), I was scheduled to meet Jamie Tran, the owner of “The Black Sheep” restaurant, to talk about cuisine and our shared homeland of Hue...

On February 3rd, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of Hue City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh held a courtesy meeting and working session with Mr. Oh Jungtaek, Acting Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Da Nang, who paid a visit to Hue on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Horse 2026.