The Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) on March 29 held a workshop in the central city of Hue to summarise the results of its project on enhancing women’s role in increasing the resilience of the coastal community and eco-system in the central region of Vietnam.
The cooperation between the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Attapeu province of Laos has been strengthening and generating practical results in fields, Secretary of the Thua Thien - Hue provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu said on March 27.
The Hai Ba Trung pedestrian street in Vinh Ninh ward, the central city of Hue, was officially launched on March 26 to mark the 48th anniversary of the Thua Thien – Hue province’s Liberation Day (March 26, 1975 -2023) while helping to boost night tourism activities in the locality.
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.
With lights turned off for one hour starting 8:30 pm on March 25 in response to the 2023 Earth Hour campaign, Vietnam saved 298,000 kWh of electricity equivalent to about 555.6 million VND (23,617 USD), according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s National Load Dispatch Center.
To improve the quality of tourism offerings on the Huong River and Tam Giang Lagoon, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is conducting a project to upgrade seven piers connected to community tourism destinations.
A 100-kg sea turtle, entangled in a fishing net, was rescued by a local fisherman in the waters of Lang Co township, Phuc Loc district of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, and later released to the nature, leaders of the Lang Co Border Post said on March 16.
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.
A number of programmes took place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, the capital of the traditional Vietnamese “ao dai”, in celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8).
A free-of-charge cleft palate operation programme, with the participation of doctors from Germany, is taking place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from March 1 to 10, supporting children in need from across the nation.
With its strengths in traditional medicine, abundant medical human resources and natural hot springs, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has rolled out measures to optimise its potential in wellness and medical tourism.
The management board of the project “Hue – A city to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on February 23 launched a contest to seek initiatives to reduce plastic waste in Hue city.
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.
A ceremony was held at the Hue Imperial Relic Site in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month) to take down the Neu pole (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) and open the New Year seal.
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 central province of Thua Thien-Hue has beefed up its local wildlife protection and rescue movement, with many wild animals released back into their natural environment.
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