The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, themed “The quintessence of Vietnamese traditional crafts”, will take place in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from April 28 – May 5, announced the municipal People’s Committee at a press conference on April 14.
A digital art space called SongLab will open in May in Hue city, central Thua Thien-Hue province, bringing visitors a multidisciplinary space integrating technology, art, entertainment, and education.
There will be a range of cultural and tourism activities in the UNESCO-recognised imperial citadel of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province in April and May, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to strive to become a major cultural and tourism hub with distinctive features, considering that the province holds ample development potential, especially in marine-based economy and cultural-historical-ecological tourism.
A photo exhibition featuring late composer Trinh Cong Son opened on March 16 at the Center for Culture, Information and Sports in Hue City, the hometown of the composer, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is becoming a destination for large corporations which produce high-economic-value products in various areas, contributing to enhancing its position in both domestic and international arenas.
Work on Aeon Mall Hue, the seventh mall of Aeon in Vietnam and the first of its kind in the central region, began on February 11 in Thua Thien-Hue province.
The ancient capital of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province has for many years managed to preserve craft villages which have become destinations for tourists from both at home and abroad.
The Nine Dynastic Urns, built in late 1835 and completed in early 1837, was recognised as a national treasure in 2012, and considered the most valuable bronze objects in Vietnam.
More than 50 hectares of land in A Luoi district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been cleared from war-left unexploded ordnance (UXO), giving more farming land for local residents.
The Red Cross Societies of Thua Thien-Hue and Laos' Salavan province on December 21 held a conference in the central Vietnam province to review their past cooperation and set out orientations for joint works in the 2023-2027 period.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre on December 20 launched an e-ticket system and virtual tours at the UNESCO-recognised ancient imperial relic site of Hue.