Owning a diversified culinary background with various unique features, Thua Thien Hue has a potential to explore and develop culinary tourism. To reach effectiveness, instead of simple activities of visiting and enjoying food, the province has to pay much more attention to local-original culinary experiences.

On the evening of November 7th, the Vietnamese Cuisine Culture Association held a ceremony to announce and present certificates for the outstanding culinary dishes of Thua Thien Hue province in phase I – 2022, and launched the nomination voting for the second phase in 2023 of the “Journey to discover the typical cultural value of Vietnam’s cuisine”, and awarding membership certificates to the Culinary Culture Association of Thua Thien Hue.

On the afternoon of October 26, Hue College of Tourism, in collaboration with Cholimex Food Company, organized a competition in search of Hue culinary ambassador - season 4, 2023, with the theme “Delicious Hue Dishes”.

These are 6 of 121 Vietnamese culinary dishes that have just been honored by the Vietnam Cuisine Culture Association (VCCA) as typical national dishes in phase I of a project titled "Building and Developing Vietnamese Culinary Culture into a National Brand Name”. All of these 6 dishes, including: Hue beef noodle soup, glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with roasted pork in sweet soup, mussel rice, banh loc (glutinous rice dumplings), vegetarian fig salad, and lotus-leaf-wrapped steamed rice; all are close to the gardens and paddy fields of the land.

As a land of culinary quintessence, Hue’s cuisine is highly appreciated and favored by visitors from all over the world. With 6 dishes being honored, Hue proudly outnumbered other provinces and cities.

Hue has long been a popular culinary destination, with a wide range of scrumptious delicacies, particularly in the lively evening dining areas known as "places that never sleep," among them, it is impossible not to mention Ben Ngu market.

After being organized for four days, the culinary festival themed “The Quintessence of Noodle making craft” at Hue Traditional Craft Festival ended on the evening of May 2 at Thuong Bac Park, with a night to honor the culinary values and gratitude to the contributors of the festival.

On the afternoon of May 1st, the Organizing Committee of the Culinary Festival themed “The Quintessence of Noodle” set a Vietnam record with “Hue-style mixed stir-fried noodle serving 1,000 diners at a time”.

Following a series of special activities within the framework of Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2023, on the evening of April 29th, the culinary festival themed “The Quintessence of Rice Vermicelli” was launched at Thuong Bac Park.

Vietnam surpassed other contestants in the region, such as China, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand to become "Asia's Best Culinary Destination 2022".