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Da Nang swears in new leader after unanimous vote in People's Council

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Tho was sworn in as chairman of the Da Nang City's People's Council yesterday morning (April 1), with his term to last until 2016.

Best Indochinese heritage on show in Da Nang City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos of Southeast Asia's UNESCO World Heritage Sites are put on display at Da Nang City's Museum of Cham Sculpture.

Inauguration of world's largest dragon-shaped steel bridge in Da Nang

This morning, March 29, the Dragon Bridge over the Han River in Da Nang was inaugurated and opened for traffic on the occasion of Da Nang’s 38th anniversary of the liberation. Located 1km away, the sail-shaped Tran Thi Ly was also put into operation.

Danang’s VND14.5 bil. for fireworks contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of Danang City revealed it has raised VND14.5 billion so far from sponsors for the international fireworks contest 2013 (DIFC 2013).

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/3

 HCM City to reclaim coastal land; Governor meets Danang entrepreneurs; Mekong Capital sells stake in phone distributor; Investors’ role should be enhanced in land withdrawal

Senior citizens go back to the old school

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many participants being well into their 80s, a group of former teachers in Da Nang still retain their thirst for knowledge and meet regularly in a classroom to educate each other on their specialist topics.

Danang says no worry about hotel room oversupply

VietNamNet Bridge – Danang will have an additional 1,800 new hotel rooms this year, the biggest growth compared to other parts of the country, but the central coast city has shown little concern over a possible oversupply of guest rooms.

Conclusions about Da Nang’s land-related violations have “legal basis”

According to the Ministry of Justice, the Government Inspectorate's conclusions about some of the contents related to the management of land in the central city of Da Nang have a legal basis.

Stage set for street entertainment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professional and amateur entertainers will take part in another fortnightly street music season in Da Nang, which starts on Bach Dang Street tonight from 7.30.

Old lifestyle can be relived

 VietNamNet Bridge – Film director Doan Huy Giao took seven years to build his own museum – the first such private institution in central Viet Nam.

Bringing baseball to Da Nang

VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang is undergoing something of a sporting revolution. Baseball, previously all but ignored in this part of Viet Nam, is catching up with its rivals in popularity all thanks to an ambitious 19-year-old student

Thousands of bachelors employed as workers at Da Nang’s factory

The Poster Da Nang Electronic Co. Ltd has nearly 1,000 bachelor degree holders who work as normal workers. This is just a single example demonstrating the shortcomings and imbalance of the current human resource training in Vietnam.

Third Ba Na Hills cable car route to open soon

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort in the central city of Danang will open its third cable car route on March 29 after 420 days of construction.

Impressive old houses in Tuy Loan

VietNamNet Bridge – Coming to Tuy Loan in Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city, visitors should not forget to drop at the ancient house named Tich Thien Duong.

10-year-old Vietnamese-American girl finds her Vietnamese mother

Convincing her American adoptive parents to return to Vietnam with her to find her birth mother, during the search process, Jolie Nhung Thi Hoang LaBarge always wore Vietnamese ao dai and occasionally babbled a few sentences in Vietnamese.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/3

SBV: It’s not time to import gold; Vietnam’s 36 mil. motorbikes by 2020; VNA uses large aircraft for Myanmar; When Air Mekong resumes services unknown; Dong Nai leads in FDI attraction

Da Nang to report to the Politburo the “$160 million losses”

After the Government Inspectorate announced the conclusion on inspection of land violations in Da Nang, which caused losses of more than VND3,400 billion ($160 million), the city leaders have confirmed to explain in writing to the Politburo.

Vaccine shortfall in Da Nang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of infants in Da Nang had to return without receiving their scheduled vaccinations on Monday because the central city had underestimated the quantity of vaccines needed.

Da Nang to challenge Ayeyawady United at AFC Cup

Having won their first national Super Cup, a buoyant SHB Da Nang team are preparing to host Myanmar’s Ayeyawady United in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup today.

300 Chinese visit exhibition on ancient documents on Hoang Sa Archipelago

VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition of documents related to the sovereignty of Vietnam to the Hoang Sa Archipelago (Paracels) attracted more than 1,200 foreign visitors, including nearly 300 Chinese.