Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal city in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri to the north,Quang Nam and Da Nang to the south, Salavan of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east.

Huế is today a popular tourist destination, thanks to its extensive UNESCO designated complex of imperial palaces, tombs and temples. Alongside its moat and thick stone walls the complex encompasses the Imperial City of Hue, with palaces and shrines; the Forbidden Purple City, once the emperor’s home; a replica of the Royal Theater; as well as temples and monuments in the city’s outskirts.