From the historical roots of Thuận Hóa - Phú Xuân nearly 720 years ago, Hue has inherited a rich culinary elite resource, offering a competitive edge for the ancient capital tourism. Achieving the status of a centrally governed municipality brings new opportunities for Hue. Alongside its fresh and vibrant developments, Hue is increasingly recognized as a culinary city where quintessence converges.

According to information from the People’s Committee of Hue City, the art program titled Hue Countdown - Happy New Year 2025 will take place from 8:30 pm on December 31, 2024, to 1:00 am on January 1, 2025 at the intersection of To Huu and Vo Nguyen Giap Streets in Hue City.

On November 11th, Hue Tourism College collaborated with Vietnam - Japan Friendship Association of Thua Thien Hue Province to host a seminar and exchange event featuring Vietnamese - Japanese traditional New Year culinary culture.

On October 7, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy held an opening ceremony for the new academic year 2024 – 2025.

With more than 12 years holding the brush, Nguyen Dinh Viet (born in 1989, Ha Tinh) represented young Vietnamese artists to participate in the group exhibition at KTG Gallery in Hamburg, Germany (2015) and at @Art NewGen in Songkhla, Thailand (2021), leaving a good impression on local people and art collectors.

Exciting news for many new students at Hue University is this year, Hue University continues to offer preferential policies on tuition fee waivers, reductions, and scholarships for candidates with excellent results in the 2024 university entrance exams.

On the afternoon of May 19, the program "Glory of Vietnam 2024" with the theme "20 years of provoking Vietnam's strength" took place in Hanoi. The program was directed by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor in coordination with the Central Reward and Emulation Board, and the Central Propaganda Department organized directly by Lao Dong newspaper.

Beautiful custard apple varieties from Thailand, Taiwan, and even our own Vietnamese sugar apples grown and cared for by Mr. Nguyen Quang My, the owner of Quang My Garden, will be supplied to the market in Hue during this Lunar New Year. These are the "sweet fruits" after 2 years of Mr. My's hard work in transforming the land of Huong Tra hills to grow fruit trees for commercial purposes.

Lunar New Year 2024 is the opening of the Year of the Dragon. Wishes for the new year are often referred to as a dream. If there is a dream for Hue in the year of the Dragon, it can be called “Hue’s Dragon Dream"!

The Department of Tourism has reported that during the Giap Thin Lunar New Year (Year of the Dragon), the number of tourists visiting Hue for sightseeing and experiences has significantly increased compared to that of the same period in 2023, with many accommodation facilities fully booked during the festive days.

To bring the most brilliant beauty to the New Year Festival, the Green Park Center used nearly 350,000 flowers with more than 20 different types..

In the past, at the end of each lunar year, the Nguyen Dynasty would hold the Ban Soc ceremony (also known as the Calendar Distribution ceremony) to issue the new calendar to the people.

In the first days of the new year, tourist attractions in Hue have begun to receive a certain number of tourists.