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The 200-year-old Tich Thien Duong is the only remaining ancient house left in Da Nang city, in which traditional Vietnamese ancient architecture is still kept intact. Situated amidst a lush garden full of fruits and trees in Tuy Loan village, Tich Thien Duong represents the connection between the past and present, between time-honoured cultural value and modern life. The house’s owner, Do Huu Minh, has tried his best to preserve the house with his whole-hearted efforts in order to prevent it from deteriorating as time goes by. Peaceful and relaxed is the common feeling among visitors when they enter Tich Thien Duong. The house consists of three compartments and two lean-tos. Its roof was covered with imbrex and tegula roof tiles. The house is supported by 36 large jackfruit wood-made pillars, which were carved and decorated by skilled craftspeople from Kim Bong carpentry village (Quang Nam province). According to Minh, the house was built by his great grandfather around two … [Read more...] about Tich Thien Duong, a 200-year-old house in Da Nang

The central city of Danang will need around VND12.6 trillion ($547.8 million) to relocate the current railway station out of the city centre. Danang Railway Station The project approved by the prime minister in 2017 was among Danang’s key projects in the 2016-2020. However, to date, the project has remained on paper due to financial shortages.  According to the Danang Department of Investment and Planning, the project would be divided into two sub-projects. In which, the first was expected to cost VND10.23 trillion and would focus on removing the current railway track from the city centre and construction of a new 29-kilometre long line in Lien Chieu District along with the passenger station and freight depot. It will also cover the infrastructure construction in the area where the current railway is located in. The existing railway is roughly 40.3 kilometres travelling through low-income residential areas, affecting local people’s life. Meanwhile, the second … [Read more...] about Da Nang needs US$547mil. for railway station relocation

At a meeting with voters on Tuesday, city Chairman Huynh Duc Tho confirmed that the Lien Chieu Port would be built in Da Nang Bay. The 220-hectare, VND32.86 trillion ($1.42 billion) port, expected to spearhead Da Nang’s logistics development, will be built below Hai Van Pass in central Vietnam. Lien Chieu will function as a gateway for cargo while Tien Sa, currently the only port in the city, will become a tourism port. Da Nang proposed the project in September 2018. But in November Singaporean consultancy consortium Sakae Corporate Advisory-Surbana Jurong recommended that the city should upgrade Tien Sa Port and not build a new one due to environmental concerns. Together with the existing 16-meter draught in the Tien Sa canal, the construction of Lien Chieu Port could disrupt water flow in the bay, it said. Besides, a large number of ships arriving in the bay could destroy its ecosystem and "Da Nang Bay could never be the same again," it warned. The consortium pointed out that … [Read more...] about Da Nang to ignore Singapore consultant warning, build new port

A section of the iconic Han River in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang has been contaminated by wastewater over the past few days as a nearby wastewater collection system becomes overloaded. Dark-colored water was spotted along a section of the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge and Nguyen Van Troi Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday morning, according to observations by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters. Unpleasant smell was noticeable from the riverbank. As of Wednesday morning, the polluted water had changed to a lighter color but the stench remained. A section of the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam is polluted on November 19, 2019. Photo: V.Hung / Tuoi Tre A quick report by the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment showed that coliform levels in the water collected from the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge were eight times higher than acceptable standards. The agency attributed the situation to the degraded and congested state of a … [Read more...] about Wastewater pollutes Da Nang’s iconic Han River

BRG Group chairwoman Madame Nguyen Thi Nga Passion-fuelled success Having acknowledged the appearance of the golf industry in Vietnam around 1994, Madame Nga admits she took a few years to observe the situation before deciding to invest. The decision was appraised as a bold move since there were only around 1500 Vietnamese golfers recorded in 1999. Back then, golf courses were mainly found in the southern regions such as Song Be, Thu Duc and Dong Nai, with the only exception being Kings Island Golf Resort in North Vietnam. However, after nine years of treading water, foreign investors showed intention of divesting at Kings Island Gof Resort and transferring their shareholdings to other investors. Seizing the opportunity, Madame Nga entered the investment game with no knowledge or experience of golf yet possessing a rare interest in a new industry and the quick wits of a business magnate. She was briefly involved in the negotiation process and bought off the whole ownership of the … [Read more...] about The power of Vietnam’s golf industry