On the morning of February 11, the project of Aeon Mall Hue shopping center has commenced at the land lot marked with symbols TM-DV7, in Zone A - An Van Duong New Urban Area (An Dong Ward, Hue City). With a total investment of about USD 169.67 million, this is the largest Japanese investment project in the province to date.

Along with Chan May Port, Passenger Terminal T2 at Phu Bai Airport, which is about to be put into operation; these are expected to turn Thua Thien Hue into a city with the most dynamic international airport and seaport in the Central Region.

On January 10th, the Office of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC) announced the start of PPC’s 2-month opinion consultation about models of the establishment of the coming centrally-governed city.

On January 4, the “Xuan Hong” (“Red Spring”) blood donation and organ donation registration festival was co-organized by the Hue Regional Blood Transfusion Center, the Medical Training Center, the Human Organ Transplantation center, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Hue Central Hospital, the Provincial Red Cross, the Blood Bank Club of the Ancient Capital, and the Blood Bank Club of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

On the morning of January 1, 2023, the Department of Tourism collaborated with the Central Airport Authority, Phu Bai International Airport and Vietnam Airlines - Hue branch to welcome the first tourists coming to Thua Thien Hue by air in 2023.

On the afternoon of December 26, the Pediatric Center of Hue Central Hospital held a discharge ceremony for patient Pham H. V., 10 years old (from Quang Binh). The patient had sepsis, multiple organ failure, and acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe pneumonia.

That is the goal of the launching ceremony of the Plastic Reduction Action Partnership Group in Hue City, and a side event themed "Modern users - No hesitance to reduce plastics", which were held by the project "Hue – A plastic smart city in Central Vietnam", the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Vietnam in collaboration with Hue Innovation Hub on December 18.

On December 14, in Da Nang city, the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association (VCCA) held a ceremony to announce the typical culinary set of the Central region.

As a central city with a vast area and a large population, especially after the expansion of its administrative boundaries, Hue City has focused on building e-government and smart city to create favorable conditions for local people as well as to improve the state management capacity of local staff, in addition to investing in completing its infrastructure and embellishing its cityscape.

On the afternoon of November 16, Hue Central Hospital and VinBrain Joint Stock Company (from Vingroup) signed an agreement to implement more profound cooperation programs in digital transformation, building intelligent hospitals, and doing scientific research.