The central city of Da Nang is making every effort to fulfil itstarget of becoming a harmonious, friendly and peaceful metropolis by2020.
The city is striving for a civilised society, rich cultural life and a knowledge-based economy.
It has already tasted some success in these goals, with visitors tothe city often expressing their satisfaction towards its green, cleanand peaceful environment, even though its “master plan” has beenimplemented for just a decade.
Recently, the Centre for theDevelopment of Community Initiative and Environment partnered with theDepartment of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environmentunder the Ministry of Planning and Investment; the United NationsDevelopment Programme in Vietnam; the SGS Group of Switzerland; and SGSVietnam to organise a fair themed “Green thinking, clean buying.”
Boasting more than 30 booths, the fair aims to promote an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
Bui Be Tu, who has worked as a drinks vendor in Tran Ke Xuong Streetfor dozens of years, always throws tea leaves into the pubic dustbin alittle far away from her shop which locates in the shade of a big tree,rather than dumping them onto the foot of trees like others.
She explained that tea leaves would make the street dirty and attract termites that eventually kill the trees.
Visitors to Da Nang are often struck by surprise setting foot inHan market, which was established in the early 1920s. It is hard to findanother market so clean and ordered in Vietnam, even in majorcities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Productsare reasonably priced and good-quality and the shopkeepers have verycivilised behaviour, attracting visitors who are accustomed toaggressive and hard-selling vendors in other markets.
DaNang’s Son Tra peninsula is home to Vietnam’s highest Buddhastatue, which sits atop Linh Ung pagoda and looks towards the sea. Thearea’s hills also house the rare brown-legged langur, which lives onlyin Vietnam and the neighbouring country of Laos.
Manyscientists have selected the Son Tra Nature Reserve as the perfectlocation for research into tropical endemic faunas and floras.
My Khe beach, which has been voted by the US’s Forbes magazine asone of the six most beautiful beaches on the planet, is always busy asvisitors come here in droves to enjoy the clean blue water and whitesand.
Thanks to the efforts of local authorities and people,Da Nang has gradually become an attractive and desirable city,increasingly becoming the economic hub of the central region.-VNA
The city is striving for a civilised society, rich cultural life and a knowledge-based economy.
It has already tasted some success in these goals, with visitors tothe city often expressing their satisfaction towards its green, cleanand peaceful environment, even though its “master plan” has beenimplemented for just a decade.
Recently, the Centre for theDevelopment of Community Initiative and Environment partnered with theDepartment of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environmentunder the Ministry of Planning and Investment; the United NationsDevelopment Programme in Vietnam; the SGS Group of Switzerland; and SGSVietnam to organise a fair themed “Green thinking, clean buying.”
Boasting more than 30 booths, the fair aims to promote an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle.
Bui Be Tu, who has worked as a drinks vendor in Tran Ke Xuong Streetfor dozens of years, always throws tea leaves into the pubic dustbin alittle far away from her shop which locates in the shade of a big tree,rather than dumping them onto the foot of trees like others.
She explained that tea leaves would make the street dirty and attract termites that eventually kill the trees.
Visitors to Da Nang are often struck by surprise setting foot inHan market, which was established in the early 1920s. It is hard to findanother market so clean and ordered in Vietnam, even in majorcities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Productsare reasonably priced and good-quality and the shopkeepers have verycivilised behaviour, attracting visitors who are accustomed toaggressive and hard-selling vendors in other markets.
DaNang’s Son Tra peninsula is home to Vietnam’s highest Buddhastatue, which sits atop Linh Ung pagoda and looks towards the sea. Thearea’s hills also house the rare brown-legged langur, which lives onlyin Vietnam and the neighbouring country of Laos.
Manyscientists have selected the Son Tra Nature Reserve as the perfectlocation for research into tropical endemic faunas and floras.
My Khe beach, which has been voted by the US’s Forbes magazine asone of the six most beautiful beaches on the planet, is always busy asvisitors come here in droves to enjoy the clean blue water and whitesand.
Thanks to the efforts of local authorities and people,Da Nang has gradually become an attractive and desirable city,increasingly becoming the economic hub of the central region.-VNA
