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The city People's Commitee has required the Department of Tourism to start public bus services by October 25 at the latest to take people around the peninsula on a pilot basis for three months. Motorbikes (manual transmission) have not been banned. The issue of riders’ safety on Son Tra has been in the spotlight following a series of accidents despite authorities' warnings the area is dangerous due to twisting and sloping roads. On July 28 a woman crashed her scooter (automatic transmission) while driving her 72-year-old mother-in-law and daughter, causing the passengers to fatally fall off a cliff. In early May two students on a scooter lost their balance on a hill and crashed. A girl, 19, died on the spot while her companion, a boy, escaped with a broken arm. The People's Committee has also given the Department of Transport the deadline October 20 to install prohibition signs on the peninsula and provide navigation instructions to drivers. The city military unit … [Read more...] about Da Nang prohibits scooters on peninsula following spate of accidents

A South Korean man seriously injured himself after jumping from the second floor of a laundromat in Da Nang to escape from a raging fire on Monday. The flames started at White Clothes Laundry Express at 67 Nguyen Cong Sau Street in Son Tra District in the wee hours of Monday morning. Nguyen Thanh Cong, 23, an employee at the laundromat, was the first to notice the fire and alarmed others before calling firefighters. As many flammable materials were stored on the building’s first floor, the fire quickly spread to the entire house. A fire engulfs a laundromat in Da Nang, Vietnam, December 9, 2019. Video: Ngo Quang / Tuoi Tre Baek Jin Kyoo, 50, a South Korean national who is a relative of the house owner, jumped to the ground from the second floor in panic. As he hit obstacles on the way down, Baek was seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. Cong and another resident, 21-year-old Nguyen Thanh Duy, made their way to the third floor and waited for firefighters to … [Read more...] about S.Korean injured after jumping from 2nd floor to escape fire at Da Nang laundromat

City authorities have ordered the demolition of a large room on the 25th floor, eight rooms on the 35th floor, 26 rooms on the 41st floor, 23 rooms on the 42nd floor, and the top two floors with a total area of over 562 square meters (6,050 square feet) of the Muong Thanh Grand Da Nang. The owner must also restore the second to fifth floors to their original purpose as a parking lot, a kindergarten, a community house, a swimming pool, and a gym. Authorities discovered that the developer had illegally built 104 apartments here. But the columns, beams and elevator shafts in the illegal areas have been spared to maintain structural integrity. The city authorities also stated that the dismantling will be paid for by the investor, and would be enforced in accordance with the law if the investor fails to start within 15 days of receiving the decision. In August last year district authorities discovered other violations such as the conversion into one giant room of five rooms licensed on the … [Read more...] about Da Nang orders Muong Thanh hotel to demolish illegal portions

Located in the countryside on the outskirts of the central city of Da Nang, the 'Kite House' is a gift by a son to his parents. Knowing the owners had been living on the farm for years, architects from ALPES designed a house incorporating rural features to maintain a link with village life. The metal roof is inspired by the shape of a kite, which is not only redolent of their childhood for the owners but also breaks the monotony of similar looking houses in the area. The 196-square-meter house is situated on a 1,500-square-meter plot with a ground floor and a mezzanine. The ground floor has three parts: an outside seating area, a kitchen with a dining area and two bedrooms. One of the two bedrooms on the ground floor. The mezzanine is used as a common area, especially during weekends when the couple's children visit them. Gaps in the brick walls allow air circulation and ensure the disconnect between the indoors and outdoors is not too stark. Two … [Read more...] about Da Nang’s kite-shaped house maintains link with village life

A three-day regional collaboration drill draws  more than 200 members of emergency medical teams (EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters. (Photo: Bao Da Nang) Hanoi (VNA) – A three-day regional collaboration drill beginning on March 26 at Hoa Xuan Stadium in the central city of Da Nang drew more than 200 members of emergency medical teams (EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters. The drill challenged participants to respond to a ‘super typhoon’ with wind speeds of 200km per hour sweeping central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Quang Ngai, killing 500 people and wounding 800 others. In the training scenario, dozens of living quarters were isolated and nearly 10,000 victims were taken to hospitals. ASEAN countries then responded to a call for help from Vietnam through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance and EMTs were sent to disaster-hit areas in Vietnam with air … [Read more...] about ASEAN, Japan medical teams join disaster response drill