In Hue, no inoculations are necessary except for yellow fever if you are reaching this city from an area where the disease is present. However, here visitors should be vaccinated against cholera, hepatitis A & B, typhoid, tetanus and polio. Malaria is present in most of the region and it is advisable to take safety measures.
Besides, the city also provides a list of emergency numbers, which you can use in case of any help or emergency.

Hue is famed for its Imperial cuisine, originally prepared for the emperor and his retinue. Although the emphasis is more on presentation than taste, an imperial banquet is well worth trying.

The most famous local dish is bún bò Huế, a noodle soup served with slices of beef and lashings of chili oil. Another tasty local treat is sesame candy (mè xửng), which is pea nutty, chewy and quite tasty if fresh, and goes for under 15,000 dong/box.

Nem Lui is a dish of sweet, minced pork around bamboo sticks grilled over hot coals. Banh Khoai is a "pancake" filled with bean sprouts, shrimp and pork. Bun Thit Nuong is delicious barbecued pork served with vegetables and noodles.

The people of Hue have a strong tradition of eating vegetarian food, so vegetarian restaurants are more common in Hue than in the rest of Viet Nam. On the 1st and 15th of every lunar month, vegetarian restaurants are packed full of patrons for dinner and it may prove difficult to find a seat. Vegetarian restaurants are the cheapest places to eat, after street vendors.

Fashion shops, souvenir shops and galleries concentrate on large streets in Hue City such as: Tran Hung Dao Street, Hung Vuong Street, Phan Dang Luu Street, Mai Thuc Loan Street.
At the market (Dong Ba Market, An Cuu, Ben Ngu, Tay Loc), you can buy Hue’s specialities: nems (meat rolls), cha (grilled chopped meat), tom chua (shrimp sauces),   me xung (sesame-sprinkled gum) and lotus seeds.
Besides, you can find a lot of gifts, which are the products of handicraft villages such as Hue poem conical hats, utensils, copper casting statues and carved-wood products.