On February 28th, the Department of Culture and Sports conducted a review meeting to prepare for the organization of Community Ao Dai Week 2024 and declared the timing to be from June 24th to 30th.

As the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced, on November 18th, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Dinh Toan Thang, Vietnamese Ambassador to France, Ms. Le Thi Hong Van, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ms. Le Thi Thu Hien, Director General of the Department of Cultural Heritage, together with representatives from Ministry of Public Security (Vietnam), the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, and UNESCO, witnessed the transfer ceremony of the ‘Emperor’s Treasure’ golden seal to Vietnam on the afternoon of November 16th at the Vietnamese Embassy in France.

On September 24th, the 203rd commemorative ceremony marking the passing-away of the National Great Poet and the World Cultural Figure Nguyen Du (1820 - 2023) was jointly organized by the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Ha Tinh Province in collaboration with the Nguyen Tien Dien Clan Council at Nguyen Du Memorial Site in Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh Province.

According to the information from the Department of Culture and Sports, Thua Thien Hue for the first time is honored to have 3 athletes in the official squad for ASIAD 19, including Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi and 2 sisters Nguyen Thi My Hanh and Nguyen Thi My Trang.

On the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2/9/1945 - 2/9/2023), on the morning of September 2nd, on the Huong River, in front of the gate of Hai Ba Trung High School (Hue City), the Department of Culture and Sports organized the 34th Provincial Traditional Boat Racing Competition in Thua Thien Hue Province.

That was the theme of an international fine arts exhibition, which was held on the evening of August 2 by the Arts Teacher Training Club in collaboration with the Engaging With Vietnam, the Department of Culture and Sports of Thua Thien Hue Province, the University of Arts - Hue University, and the International Faculty - Hue University.

The “Dancing - Ao dai by the Huong River” program took place at the park area of Nha Ken, next to Truong Tien Bridge (Le Loi Street, Hue City) on the afternoon of July 12, officially ended the Hue Community Ao dai Week 2023 organized by the Department of Culture and Sports.

On the morning of July 7, Hue Monuments Conservation Center coordinated with the Provincial Department of Culture and Sports to organize an incense and flower offering ceremony, and a procession of gratitude to the ancestor on the occasion of the death anniversary of Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat, the person who laid the foundation of Ao dai Vietnam. This is one of the activities responding to Hue Festival 2023, and within the framework of the Autumn Festival’s activities.

On the morning of June 17th, Hue Monument Conservation Center, in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports and the Inherited Calligraphy Association of Taiwan (China), inaugurated the exhibition "Than Kinh Nhi Thap Canh (Twenty gorgeous landscapes of the Land of Genies) – Emperor Thieu Tri poetry through the Inherited Calligraphy of Taiwan (China)" at Thieu Phuong Garden, within the Imperial Citadel.

According to the Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, the Hue Nam Temple (Hon Chen Temple) Festival will take place in two days, from April 21 to 22 (on the second and the third day of the third month in Lunar calendar).