At the 2nd Special Session of the 9th Hue City People's Council for the 2026 - 2031 term, which opened on the afternoon of July 26th, delegates approved two key resolutions: a list of six transport infrastructure projects to be implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, and a policy providing free general education textbooks beginning with the 2026 - 2027 academic year.

On June 23, the People’s Committee of Hue City announced that the Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association (VUPDA) had just held the award ceremony for the 4th National Urban Planning Awards.

On April 19th, the final round of the 7th Students with Startup Ideas Competition in 2025 officially kicked off at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education. This event is part of the 7th National Startup Day for Students.

While busy with two big-budget horror film projects, namely, Hunger: The Code 45 and The Torture Hill, director Luong Dinh Dung has recently announced that he will make a historical drama about Nguyen Trai entitled Hero and Hero. Facing a certain amount of skepticism about the feasibility of this project, director Luong Dinh Dung affirmed that he would make the best use of his resources for this blockbuster.