On the morning of August 16, in Hue city, Vietnam Fine Arts Association collaborated with Thua Thien Hue Union of Literature and Arts Associations held the 28th North Central Region Fine Arts Exhibition 2023.

Becoming a National University is an important goal of Hue University, contributing to make Thua Thien Hue a centrally-governed city. To achieve this important goal, Hue University has promoted all its internal resources.

On the morning of June 9, doctors from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics Center, Hue Central Hospital said that after a week of intensive treatment, they saved the life of pediatric patient Truong Phuc G. H. (11 years old, Vy Da Ward, Hue City) had fulminant myocarditis with complications of cardiogenic shock and ventricular fibrillation by Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO).

In the story of Thua Thien Hue “transforming” to a centrally-governed city, the names of the future city and administrative units are being discussed on every corner.

On the morning of February 23, the project ‘Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam’ (sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam through WWF-Norway) and the Provincial Center for Innovative Startup officially launched the contest “Initiatives to reduce plastic waste - Hue 2023”. The contest was held with an aim to find innovative ideas to reduce plastic waste in Hue City.

Sustainable development from green agriculture is the passion as well as the biggest goal of a young man named Le Ngoc Tuan (born in 1992). He is one of 32 outstanding people given the Luong Dinh Cua Award by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee in 2022, which has just been held in Da Lat city (Lam Dong province).

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.

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.