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A corner of the Tien Sa Port. Experts says Tien Sa Port should not be enlarged because a bypass system linking the port and the logistics centre would damage Da Nang City's architecture planning. — VNS Photos Speeding up the construction of the new Lien Chieu Cargo Port would help promote Da Nang as a key international logistics centre, and allow the existing Tien Sa Port to be reserved for cruise ships only. Former general director of Tien Sa Port, Nguyen Huu Sia, made the statement at a recent workshop held to discuss changes to the city's Master Plan proposed by Sakae Holdings and Subarna Jurong Consultants from Singapore. Sia said the proposal to build Lien Chieu Port and a logistics centre was planned with support from the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in 2005, and construction for the first stage was scheduled for 2025. He said Tien Sa Port, which was built in 1965, could only handle 12 million tonnes of cargo per year, and any expansion to it would … [Read more...] about Lien Chieu Port to play key role for a sustainable Da Nang

This is the first time Prasit and his family members have visited Vietnam and they’ve chosen Da Nang as their destination. A 3-day tour of the city has become popular among Thai tourists. During the first 9 months, Da Nang welcomed 165,000 Thai tourists, up 5 times compared to the same period in 2018. Thai tourists are also considered to be big spenders for accommodation, restaurants and shopping services. With beautiful natural landscapes, synchronous infrastructure, good services, and unique cuisine, Da Nang easily scores in the eyes of Thai people. In addition, the impressive growth of Thai tourists is also due to convenient air connections with an average of 10 flights daily from Bangkok and Chiang Mai to Da Nang. However, travel agencies said that Da Nang needs to constantly update products and promotions to become more appealing to the Thai market. The number of Thai visitors accounts for only 5% of the total international tourists to Da Nang, while those from the Republic … [Read more...] about Da Nang draws more Thai tourists

The leaders agreed that businesses play the decisive role in the city’s future sustainable development and sought their ideas and measures to address current problems facing the city. Representatives of businesses pointed out insufficient infrastructure at industrial parks, saying it has yet met the demand of investors, especially small and medium-sized ones. They also mentioned the lack of labour force in industrial production, inadequate investment in public transport, and the need to speed up the administrative procedures in the field of land, taxation and customs. They proposed developing specialized industrial clusters, attracting investment into hi-tech industrial park, boosting environmentally friendly tourism, and contributed ideas relating to healthcare, education, high technology, trade, hi-tech agriculture, and start-up. Truong Quang Duoc, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, spoke highly of the business community’s contributions to … [Read more...] about Da Nang seeks to businesses’ ideas for growth

At the opening ceremony of Vietnam - Japan cultural exchange festival 2018 (Source: VNA) In his opening remark, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son highlighted the fruitful development of the Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties in all spheres over the past 45 years, affirming that the two countries have created mutual trust among their senior leaders, ministries, sectors and peoples. The recent State-level visit to Japan by President Tran Dai Quang has contributed to the ushering in a new development period for the friendship and cooperation between the two nations. Son stressed that Japan is now the largest provider of official development assistance (ODA), and a top partner of Vietnam in accelerating industrialization and modernization.  Japan is also the second largest investment, third biggest tourism and fourth trade partner of Vietnam now, he added, noting that Vietnam is an attractive destination for Japanese investors.  People-to-people exchanges … [Read more...] about Da Nang hosts Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange festival

Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang city This was one of the five key areas given in the Politburo’s newly issued Resolution 43 on the city’s construction and development by 2030. According to the resolution, Da Nang needs to have a policy focusing on developing five key sectors, including travel and high quality services associated with resort real estate; seaports and airports; high-tech industry associated with creative urban construction and start-ups; information technology, electronics and telecommunications associated with the digital economy; and high-tech agriculture and fisheries. In particular, there will be policies to develop Da Nang into a marine economic centre, forming a logistics service supply chain in the central region with the city as a central hub. Da Nang must develop its high-tech park into a competitive, scientific and technological urban area in accordance with international standards to ensure competitiveness. At the same time, it is necessary for … [Read more...] about Da Nang to prioritise tourism industry