Visitors to hue are often taken aback to discover that the sleepy provincial town of hue was once the religious economic and cultural epicenter of vietnam the mighty imperial headquarters and the political capital of the country until 1945 thirteen nguyen dynasty emperors ruled vietnam from hue with so much to offer culturally hue has an abundance of tour product to warrant an extended stay and one of these means to take that one more step is explore hue aboard a cyclo and savor the food