Although the project implementation has just been in the survey phase, the "Local Capacity Development" (LCD) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is considered an opportunity for Thua Thien Hue to improve local capacity as well as orientation in community support.

"Every step, every person we meet on our travels is a brilliant golden spark for us," said Quoc Tuan, founding member of Journeys in Hue.

People usually label stones as soulless, but Nguyen Viet Cong Thanh (30 years old, of A Luoi district), instead, carved his passionate soul, his love for art and for his homeland on cobblestone. Thanh has turned cobblestone into a creative material, as well as a source of income.

On the morning of May 27, the Forest Protection Department, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) organized the ceremony to introduce the project ‘the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre - Branch II’ at Bach Ma National Park.

After years of dreaming and waiting, La Son - Tuy Loan Expressway has been completed and put into use since this April. This is a key project with the mission of creating a new driving force in socio-economic development not only in Thua Thien Hue province but also in the Central Region.

On May 21, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu; Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong received Mr. Marc E. Knapper, the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; Ms. Marie C. Damour, Consul General of the US in Ho Chi Minh city; Ms. Monica Damberg – Ott, Cultural Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam; together with cultural assistants and receptionists of the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam, the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city on the occasion of their visit and work in Thua Thien Hue.

The special offerings at Trach Pho Shrine (Phong Hoa Commune, Phong Dien District on February 12-13th of the Lunar Calendar every year), including a pair of sea bass and a tray of yam sweet soup, helped us connect ancient Southeast Asian cultural symbols together to clearly see the unique values condensed in the belief of worshiping the Thien Y A Na Goddess.

For a decade, Truong Minh Truong, a young man living by the sea, has proved that his start-up of bird’s nest farming is a right decision.

On the morning of May 1, at the Government Headquarters, the Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio witnessed the ceremony of handing over the cooperation documents between Vietnam and Japan.

On April 11, Hue Central Hospital claimed that pediatric patient Tran Nguyen Thuy N. (12 months old) - a case of bilateral nephroblastoma that was successfully treated by the collaboration between the Hospital and St Jude Children's Research Hospital (USA) - has returned to Vietnam.