Given Viet Nam’s upcoming role hosting the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) during 11 - 13 September, Da Nang is making every effort to promote its potential and strength to the world’s leading partners and businesses. 

Da Nang has come out top of the Viet Nam ICT Index 2018, the ranking on the readiness for information and communications technology development and applications, for the 10thconsecutive year. 

Da Nang and Finland’s Turku City agreed to promote bilateral cooperation and exchanges of experience in developing seaport systems, logistics, public transport and smart traffic in accordance with the 2 cities’ development plans and accelerating their economic growth in the coming time.

On 17 August, a delegation of Da Nang’s authorities led by the city People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho met with representatives from the Future Investment Group in Prague, the Czech Republic, as part of their ongoing working trip to European countries.

The 5th Vietnamese – French Open Blood and Marrow Transplantation Conference officially took place in Da Nang on 17 August.  The event was jointly held by the Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City and the Grenoble University Hospital Centre (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble) and the Blood Transfusion Center Grenoble, France. 

A delegation of Da Nang’s authorities led by the city People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho met with some representatives from the GAZ Group in Russia’s capital city of Moscow.  GAZ Group is one of Russia’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles.

Da Nang People’s Committee has recently given approval to the implementation of a pilot project to replace 2,996 of the existing high pressure sodium lights with LED ones along 19 major streets.  The replacement work will cost over 39.6 billion VND funded from the city budget, and savings on electricity consumption, and annual lighting maintenance costs.  

The French Institute in Da Nang recently announced that the French quartet Arod will perform in Da Nang's Nguyen Hien Dinh Tuong Theatre at 8.00 pm today (17 August).  The event is part of the cultural cooperative programme between the French Embassy in Viet Nam and the Da Nang People’s Committee with the support of the city’s Foreign Affairs Department and Culture and Sports Department.

On 12 August, more than 7,000 local and foreign runners from 52 countries and territories around the world raced in the Manulife Da Nang International Marathon (DNIM) 2018 at the Eastern Sea Park on Vo Nguyen Giap Street, Son Tra District.

On 6 August, Da Nang People’s Committee and the Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group officially signed an agreement for a “smart” city project over the 2018 – 2020 period.  The signing ceremony was witnessed by Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho and Standing Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung as well as People’s Council Vice Chairman Le Minh Trung.

On 5 August, Miss World 2016 contestants gathered in Da Nang, starting their tours to Da Nang and Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An to gain wonderful travel experience from 5 to 9 August.

An agreement on bilateral friendship promotion and comprehensive cooperation between Da Nang and Daegu City, the Republic of Korea, was signed between the leaders of the two cities within the framework of the recent working trip to the Republic of Korea of Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Tran Van Mien.