Hue city was seized during the 1968 Tet Offensive, a series of surprise attacks on major cities, towns, strategic places and military bases in South Vietnam. It was launched by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese soldiers.
The Viet Cong were North communist Vietnamese supporters of the communist front during the Vietnam war. They wanted to help communist Vietnam to build a democratic Vietnam communist thus fought against government/ military of South Vietnam.
