Huế
provincial city of Vietnam
- Not to be confused with Hue.
Huế is a city and a district in Central Vietnam. About 200,000 people live in the city of Huế. From 1802 to 1945 Huế was the capital city of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty. Today people can visit the Imperial City, where the Nguyen emperors lived and ruled, and the tombs of the Nguyen emperors. Huế has an Medicinical University and is the seat of an archebishop.
The city is famous for food that is unique to the city, especially the dish Bún bò Huế.
It was also the place where the Battle of Huế was fought, which was one of the longest and deadliest battles in the Vietnam War.