10 Year Old Weekly Beach Party Keeps Its Momentum

14 April 2009, 5:05 am

Loc Chau\'s On China Beach

At 4PM on Saturday, the regular crowd of local Aussie expats, NGO employees, American veterans with Vietnamese wives and travelers passing through gathered at Loc Chau’s restaurant on China Beach.  It's the weekly event whose only purpose is chewing the fat, catching up on all the... Read More »

Three missing American GIs finally come home from Vietnam

08 April 2009, 3:03 am

Ambassador Michalak (center) accepts the remains of three missing servicemen at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam

On Saturday, April 4, 2009, at a ceremony held at the Da Nang International Airport, the remains of three US servicemen missing since the end of the war where officially handed over to the United States.  In attendance were the US Ambassador Michael W. Michalak, the JPAC Detachment 2, local... Read More »

Grand Opening of the Hoa Sen Restaurant, Da Nang, Vietnam

22 March 2009, 8:08 pm

On the first day of Spring we visited the Hoa Sen Restaurant. The Hoa Sen is located at Lo 5A, Pham Van Dong St. just a short walk from the beach.   The Hao Sen is the only restaurant on the street in a permanent building.  This allows Mr. Mien and Ms. Hoa to offer not only delicious Da... Read More »

Central city, town seek to entertain visitors with Tet galas

21 January 2012, 3:46 pm

Da Nang city’s March 29 Theme Park will give room for a Vietnamese traditional Tet celebration with many ancient cultural festivities during the lunar New Year holiday.... Read More »

Winter's dance in Da Nang

18 January 2012, 8:52 pm

Travel broadens the mind. But it can also broaden the girth, as I discovered after a recent trip to Central Vietnam, where my days were punctuated by buffet breakfasts, fragrant, spicy eight-course lunches and dinners, frequent cups of iced Vietnamese coffee sweetened with condensed milk, numerous c... Read More »

Central Vietnam cities set for glitzy Lunar New Year

18 January 2012, 2:08 am

The central Vietnamese cities of Da Nang and Hoi An have lined up a slew of traditional cultural programs for the Lunar New Year.... Read More »

Indonesian worker in coma after fall from 7th floor in Vietnam

16 January 2012, 3:18 am

A 36-year-old Indonesian worker is in a coma after falling from the seventh floor of a building under construction in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang Saturday, VnExpress reported.... Read More »

Bắt nhóm cướp là sinh viên ĐH Kiến trúc Đà Nẵng

13 January 2012, 2:21 am

Qua truy nóng, Đội CSĐT tội phạm về TTXH Công an quận Hải Châu (Đà Nẵng) đã tóm gọn 3 đối tượng chuyên dùng dao uy hiếp cướp tài sản các cặp tình nhân tại Cung thể thao Tuyên Sơn Đà Nẵng.... Read More »

Activities to Help Needy Students And Workers in Central Vietnam

8 January 2012, 11:51 pm

The Da Nang Youth Union and the City Students’ Association will present 1,500 free tickets, worth VND300million in total, to needy students at universities and colleges in the City, according to Nguyen Hoai Nam, Deputy-Secretary of the Da Nang Youth Union, on January 2nd.... Read More »

Vietnam Airlines plane changes destination after Air Mekong plane blocks runway

8 January 2012, 8:57 pm

A Vietnam Airlines aircraft on Friday was forced to make a temporary landing at the airport of Thua Thien-Hue Province as another Air Mekong aircraft blocked the runway at its original destination - the Da Nang Airport .... Read More »