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In Dak Nong, protective trees cleared to make room for houses

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more pine trees have been felled in the central province of Dak Nong, while the local authorities still have not found a proper solution to stop deforestation.

Da Nang to showcase bai choi to tourists, locals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bai choi performances (a traditional Vietnamese game combining folklore singing and picks from a deck of card) will be organised for locals and tourists in Da Nang on a pilot basis between April and June.

Danang park to be lit following local student’s proposal

 Danang City’s Son Tra District have decided to install lights for a local park following a proposal of a student.

Danang to host first Japanese cherry blossom festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanami (Cherry Blossom) Festival is scheduled to take place at Asia Park in Danang on April 9-10.

Wedding photo locations around Danang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luckily for us, Danang is a beautiful city with plenty of inspiring locations for your wedding photography.

Resorts arise as forests are felled

VietNamNet Bridge - Forested land is under the strict control of six powerful agencies, but land continues to be cleared to make room for resorts.

Da Nang, Hanoi put on promotion venues for tourists

Danang and Hanoi cities are promoting travel companies and venues in the two cities via the Impressive Vietnam Grand Sale 2010, one of the activities of the national marketing campaign called Vietnam – Your Destination.

Danang’s Tuy Loan Village holds spring festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tuy Loan Village in Danang City organized a communal house festival as one of the biggest spring festive events of Danang and as a traditional activity in the spiritual life of local residents.

Biggest fishermen’s festival in Danang

VietNamNet Bridge – Cau Ngu Festival, the biggest event of fishermen in Danang City to pray for good weather and fish catches in the new year, was held last week in Thanh Khe District, gathering a large number of fishermen and visitors.

Da Nang seek ideas from public, pay Saigon man for sister-city zone proposal

After Da Nang officials told the media that the city was willing to purchase “good ideas”, many people from Hanoi, Saigon and overseas emailed suggestions to Da Nang’s Chairman Huynh Duc Tho. Some ideas have been selected for implementation.

Da Nang counts down to world's longest ocean race

 With less than ten days to go until the world famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race arrives in Vietnam on February 17, Da Nang is counting down to its hosting the international crew and showing itself off to a global audience.

Youth create first Vietnamese condom dispenser

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people generally do not talk about sex protection publicly, but that didn't stop a group of students in the central Da Nang City from creating a machine that dispenses condoms free of charge in a bid

Da Nang forests severely affected by devastation

VietNamNet Bridge - Many forests have been felled gradually over the years in Da Nang. Within a short time, reporters found two serious cases of forest devastation in the area of the Ba Na – Nui Chua special-use forest (SUF).

Image: Da Nang issues tourism code of conduct

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Danang has issued a code of conduct for the tourism industry with the aim of maintaining its reputation as a safe and hospitable destination for both domestic and international tourists.

Da Nang introduces new tourism products

 A programme on tourism promotion of the central city of Da Nang was launched in Hanoi on January 16.

An Khe hydropower plant killing Ba River

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of households in An Khe town of Gia Lai province live on the water from Ba River but much of it is used by the An Khe hydropower plant.

First-ever elevated monorail launched in Da Nang

 The first-ever elevated monorail system in Vietnam commenced operation at the Asia Park in the central city of Da Nang on January 1.

Da Nang to dig its first river tunnel

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city plans to build a tunnel through the Han River to ease traffic congestion at junctions in Son Tra and Hai Chau districts.

Chinese buy 246 coastal land lots in Da Nang

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the land management agency of Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang City, nearly 250 plots of land along the coast of Da Nang are owned by Chinese under the names of Vietnamese.

Tourists explore central cities on a road of culinary delights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An and Da Nang have not only wooed tourists with their breath-taking landscape, fresh sea and friendly people, but the localities are a special attraction for their food.