The “Da Nang – Summer Destination 2015” programme is taking place at the East Sea Park and Da Nang’s tourism beaches until 1st  July with a wide range of exciting activities for tourists and local residents.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to officially establish cooperation in education – training and culture between the Embassy of the Republic of France in Viet Nam and the Da Nang People’s Committee (DPC) was signed recently in the city by the DPC’s Chairman, Mr. Huynh Duc Tho, and Ambassador Jean Noel Poirier.

The city publicised and introduced the potential of its Da Nang IT Park project at CommunicAsia 2015, the 26th International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition and Conference held in Singapore from 2nd to 5th June, with an aim to appeal for more investment in this project.

Da Nang was awarded with the Special Award for the “Excellence in City Transformation” category by the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, at a special awards ceremony held in London, the U.K. on 12th June.  The event followed the 2015 Transformational Business Conference organised by the FT and IFC.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee, Mr. Phung Tan Viet recently met with the delegation of the Dutch Embassy in Ha Noi and Consulate General in HCM City led by the new Dutch Ambassador to Viet Nam, Ms. Catharina Maria Trooster.  The visiting guests also included representatives of Dutch enterprises who are making investments in infrastructure construction, maritime services, healthcare, lighting and project consultancy in Viet Nam.

On 18th June, the Mekong Tourism Symposium took place in Da Nang with the participation of international tourism experts, representatives of national tourism agencies, tourism-based businesses and hotels of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). The event was part of the Mekong Tourism Forum 2015, themed “Unlocking the potential of Mekong tourism via innovative partnerships”, which was hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam in the city from 15th to 18th June.

Viet Nam’s Da Nang has been named as one of the top ten inexpensive holiday getaways for this summer in the list recently released by Skyscanner, the world’s leading travel search site, providing instant online comparisons for millions of flights on over a thousand airlines, as well as car hire and hotels. Skyscanner’s list also included Malaga (Spain), Ibiza (Spain), Algarve (Portugal), Pula (Croatia), Nice (France), Antalya (Turkey), Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt), Bali (Indonesia), and Orlando (Florida, U.S.A.).

The “Colour Me Run 2015” will be held at the Asian Park (One Phan Dang Luu Street) on 27th June.  The information was recently announced by the Da Nang People’s Committee.  It is anticipated that more than 5,000 competitors including students, white-collar workers, expatriates in Viet Nam, tourists, individuals and groups who love running, will join the event.

Mr. Dang Viet Dung, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Hai Chau District was elected as the new Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee (DPC) for the remainder of the 2011-2016 term at the recent 13th meeting of the city's People’s Council.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee, Mr Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, recently met with the delegation of Singapore’s Kinderworld Education Group led by its Executive Chairman, Mr Ricky Tan.  The Vice Chairman highly appreciated Kinderworld Group’s effort to invest in and develop educational sector of the city.