Viet Nam named among top destinations for digital nomads

Viet Nam is numbered eighth in the list and is one of the three countries in Southeast Asia along with Indonesia No 9 and Thailand No 10. There are four Asian countries in total, with Sri Lanka No 5. “Although Viet Nam is not a developed country, it still provides an excellent environment for digital […]

Ministry issues guidance for receiving foreign tourists

Foreign visitors and overseas Vietnamese returning home can take regular commercial flights from now to March 15 when Viet Nam fully reopens tourism activities, instead of charter flights as previously. This is one of the new regulations issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 17 for the second phase of the […]

Tourism businesses in Danang adapt to ‘new normal’ to survive

For the time being, tourism businesses across Danang are on track of reinventing themselves in adaption to ‘new normal’ to rebound tourism activities in a quick and effective manner. As being a tourism business specializing in exploiting international tourists, when the international market has yet to resume, the Son Tra District- headquartered Hai Van Cat […]

Ways to drive tourism development in Viet Nam’s central key economic zone

The Danang People’s Committee has just approved a project to develop tourism in the central key economic zone into a spearhead economic sector in the time to come. Accordingly, the development of the central key economic zone must be in line with the socio-economic development strategy of the whole country. It also ensures consistency with […]

Major socio-economic development tasks set for 2022

The Danang authorities have just identified some key tasks and solutions for promoting the city’s socio-economic growth in 2022, with a focus on ensuring that this year’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) will rise by 6-7% as compared to 2021. Specifically, proactive, and effective measures will be taken to restrain the virus’ spread in an […]

Viet Nam expects to have 28 airports by 2030

Viet Nam expects to have 28 airports, including 14 international ones, by 2030, according to a draft master plan on developing airports nationwide for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision until 2050. Under the plan, which has been submitted to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for approval, the airports will serve about 275.9 million passengers […]

Various activities planned to celebrate 25th anniversary of Danang’s recognition as a centrally-governed city

An array of exciting activities and cultural events will be held across Danang from late this year until early next year to mark 25 years since the city’s recognition as a centrally-governed city on 1 January 1997. Specifically, a photo exhibition will be organized along both banks of the Han River, and at the Museum […]

Da Nang wins Viet Nam Smart City Award 2021

The award, presented by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on December 18, honors the cities, organizations, and businesses considerably helping cities become smarter and more livable, competitive, and sustainable. It is also intended to encourage enterprises to create advanced technological products and boost cooperation in building and developing smart cities in the […]

Danang welcomes first MICE tourists after social distancing

Da Nang city, a travel hub in central Vietnam, welcomed the first 500 MICE tourists on December 10 after a long social distancing period triggered by the COVID-19 resurgence. This is also the first group of tourists coming to Da Nang after it reopened to travelers. Nguyen Thi Hoai An, Director of the city’s Tourism […]

Danang seeks developers for tourism and service development projects

The Danang People’s Committee has authorized the municipal Department of Tourism to open bidding for the ‘Smart tourism monitoring system’ project with a total investment of over VND 4.5 billion. Specifically, the Department will invite bids for the development of training and internal software at a cost of VND1.7 billion, and the equipment supply and […]