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Residents in Vietnam’s Hue City search through night for foreign tourists’ sentimental ring

Vietnam News 14:17 01/08/2025

Residents in Hue City, central Vietnam had a sleepless night helping a foreign couple search for a lost gemstone ring valued at about VND60 million (US$2,291), which went missing while they were walking in a local park on Wednesday.

21 hospitalized over food poisoning after death anniversary feast in Vietnam

Vietnam News 17:03 21/07/2025

At least 21 people were hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms after consuming food at a death anniversary feast held last weekend in Phong Dinh Ward, Hue City, central Vietnam.

Vietnam's Hue investigates large-scale destruction of coastal protection forest

Vietnam News 12:54 12/07/2025

Forest rangers in the central Vietnamese city of Hue are investigating the illegal felling of more than 1,400 acacia crassicarpa trees in a coastal protection forest, officials said, amid concerns of organized deforestation in an erosion-prone area.

Vietnamese city reports 12 Streptococcus suis cases, including 1 fatality

Vietnam News 13:15 08/07/2025

Twelve people in Hue City, central Vietnam have been diagnosed with Streptococcus suis, commonly known as pig-borne bacteria, over the past two weeks, with one patient confirmed dead, according to local health authorities.

Vietnam’s Hue orders grassroots authorities to establish quiet hours in residential neighborhoods

Vietnam News 10:05 04/07/2025

The People’s Committee of Hue City in central Vietnam has issued a directive calling on the authorities of communes and wards to establish designated quiet hours in residential neighborhoods and encourage residents to commit to noise control and community order.

First in a century: Unprecedented summer flood submerges Vietnam’s Hue City

Vietnam News 14:23 13/06/2025

In a rare and historic weather event, Hue City in central Vietnam is being submerged by an unseasonal flood triggered by storm Wutip, which brought heavy rains to the central region –something not seen in the summer in over a century.

Vandalism of Nguyen Dynasty throne raises alarms over heritage protection in Vietnam

In-Depth 18:16 26/05/2025

The incident in which a visitor climbed over a barrier and sat on the Nguyen Dynasty throne at Thai Hoa Palace in Hue City, central Vietnam before breaking one of its armrests has served as a serious warning regarding the protection of national heritage and treasures in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s Hue cracks down on mobile karaoke loudspeakers

Vietnam News 09:12 21/05/2025

Authorities in Hue City, central Vietnam are stepping up enforcement efforts against mobile karaoke and loud public music, which have increasingly disrupted community life and caused widespread noise pollution.

Pyrotechnic shots fired from ceremonial cannons fall into crowd in Vietnam’s Hue

Vietnam News 16:01 04/05/2025

Several pyrotechnic rounds veered off course and fell into an area where tourists and local residents were gathered, causing panic and chaos among the crowd during a ceremonial cannon firing demonstration at the Hue Flag Tower in Hue City, central Vietnam on Saturday evening.