11 Facts About Hue City

Oldest ruins in Hue City belong to the Kingdom of Lam Ap, dating back to the 4th century AD.

Hue City took and renamed O and Ly prefectures to Thuan prefecture and Hoa prefecture, respectively, the two being often referred collectively to as Thuan Hoa region.

Hue City asked his sister Ngoc Bao, who was a wife of Trinh Kiem, to entreat Trinh Kiem to let Nguyen Hoang govern Thuan Hoa, the furthest south region of Vietnam at that time.

Hue City was a younger son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Crown Prince Canh, had died in 1801.

Hue City is located in central Vietnam on the banks of the Perfume River, just a few miles inland from the East Sea.

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Hue City is bordered by Quang Ðien District and South China Sea to the north, Huong Thuy town to the south and east, Phu Vang District to the east and Huong Tra town to the west.

Additionally, Hue City is famous for it delicious sweet desserts such as Lotus seeds sweet soups, Lotus seed wrapped in logan sweet soup, Areca flower sweet soup, Grilled pork wrapped in cassava flour sweet soup, and Green sticky rice sweet soup.

In Hue City, Buddhism enjoyed stronger support than elsewhere in Vietnam, with more monasteries than anywhere else in the country serving as home to the nation's most famous monks.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a world-famous Zen master who originated from Hue City and lived for years in exile including France and the United States, returned to his home town in October 2018 and resided there at the Tu Hieu pagoda until his death in 2022.

Hue City is well known for its historic monuments, which have earned it a place in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

The seat of the Nguyen emperors was the Imperial Hue City, which occupies a large, walled area on the north side of the Perfume River.