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1. Population: 970,000
2. Ethnic groups: 6
  • Kinh: 862,000 people
  • Ta Oi: 18,795 people
  • Ka Tu: 8,930 people
  • Hoa: 407 people

3. Religions:

  • Buddhism: 200,000 believers
  • Catholicism: 30,000 believers

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4. Cultural institutions:

- Classified relics (as of 7/5/1997): 38
- Historical relics: 27
- Cultural relics: 7
- Historical and cultural relics: 4
- Special relics:
Hue complex (historical and cultural relic,
world cultural heritage)

5. Sight seeing spots:

  • Thien Mu pagoda
  • Bach Ma National Park
  • Lang Co bay

6. Festivals:

  • Cau Ngu festival (Thuan An - Phu Vang): From the eleventh to the twelfth of the first month of the lunar calendar (every three years)
  • The traditional wresting festival of Sinh village (Sinh village - Phu Mau quarter - Phu Vang district): From the tenth of the first month of the lunar calendar
  • Bowl Palace festival (Dien Hon Chen): Huong Tho - Huong Tra: The third moon to the seventh month of the Lunar calendar

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