President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a groundbreaking ceremony for infrastructure facilities of Lien Chieu Port project in the central city of Da Nang on December 14.

The central city of Da Nang ranked third in the country in gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth in 2022 with 14.05%, heard a conference held by the municipal Party Committee on December 9.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Da Nang 2022 opened in the central city on December 9.

The central city of Da Nang will commence construction of Lien Chieu Port on a total 450ha with an investment of over 3.42 trillion VND (137 million USD).

Around 350 booths, including 50 of foreign companies, are promising to bring a lot of new and interesting experience to visitors to the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) to be held in the central city of Da Nang from December 9-11.

The central city of Da Nang recorded a hike of 8.6% in industrial production in the first 11 months of this year, reported the municipal Statistics Office on December 1.

The central city of Da Nang has been granted the Best Vietnam Smart City Award 2022, the third time so far.

Da Nang is looking towards building itself into a financial hub in the central region and a duty-free zone, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang told US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Susan Burns during a reception on November 25.

The Vietnam Maritime Research and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) in the central city of Da Nang said on November 20 that it has rescued a sailor of a foreign ship, who suddenly fell ill while the ship was going through Vietnamese waters.

Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture and Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang have a lot of things in common, especially in terms of geography such as mountains, rivers, sea and large seaports, thus, the two localities will have conditions to exchange and create more opportunities for investors, Nguyen Van Quang, Secretary of the municipal Party’s Committee, has said.

Da Nang hopes to promote ties with Cuban localities, a leader of the central city told Homero Acosta Álvarez, Secretary of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State of Cuba who is leading a delegation on a visit to the city.

After three years of interruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) will return to the central city next summer.

Boat SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on October 30 safely towed a fishing vessel with 13 fishermen onboard, which was in distress at sea off the coast of central Quang Tri province, to Da Nang city and handed over it to authorities.

The first-ever research project on stem cells in Da Nang and the central region has been given approval from Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones Authorities, making a crucial step in turning the city into a centre of biological research.