At the ceremony to hand over the last 13/7 hectares of treated areas in Da Nang airport to the Ministry of Transport (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – The last 13.7 hectares of detoxified land in the dioxin-polluted area in Da Nang airport were handed over to the Ministry of Transport at a ceremony held in the central city on November 7, raising the total remediated area to 32.4 hectares. The activity also marked the conclusion of a six-year project to remediate the environmental pollution at the airport, which was jointly implemented by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the US International Development Agency (USAID) with a non-refundable aid of 110 million USD funded by the US Government. The project, started in August 2012, was considered an important milestone in the bilateral cooperation between the governments of Vietnam and the US, aiming to returning a clean and safe environment for the local community. It successfully detoxified over 90,000 cubic metres … [Read more...] about Dioxin detoxification project in Da Nang airport completed
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Da Nang plans to launch direct flights to Nagoya
Passengers check in at Da Nang Airport. The city connects 24 international flights each day (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) - The central city of Da Nang is planning to launch direct flights to Nagoya in Japan to boost investment, trade and tourism. Nguyen Xuan Binh, Deputy Director of the city’s Tourism Department, said the two sides had been discussing the project with airlines from both countries. The flight would lure more investors and tourists from Japan, he said. In a meeting last year, Da Nang and Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture also planned to upgrade charter flights services to a regular air route between the two cities to boost investment, tourism and trade. The city is home to 143 Japanese projects with total investment of 500 million USD, creating 32,000 jobs for local and neighbouring provinces. Japanese visitors were Da Nang’s second largest tourist segment last year, reaching more than 400,000, 10 times as many as in 2013. National flag carrier … [Read more...] about Da Nang plans to launch direct flights to Nagoya
Da Nang airport maintains lead in service quality
Passengers at the Da Nang international airport (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Da Nang international airport continues securing its first position in Vietnam in terms of providing the best service quality, according to a survey conducted among 21,000 passengers in the fourth quarter of 2017. The survey, conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) at Vietnam’s three largest international airports of Noi Bai (Hanoi), Tan Son Nhat (Ho Chi Minh City) and Da Nang (Da Nang city), found that Da Nang airport topped the list with a score of 4.19 points, followed by Noi Bai with 4.13 and Tan Son Nhat with 3.96. It evaluated passengers’ satisfaction over the attitude of the check-in staff, wifi quality, departure terminal area, way-finding and sign guidelines, and taxi availability and prices, among other criteria. The survey revealed that the attitude of check-in officials at the three airports was ranked first with 4.34 points, but the wifi quality at the … [Read more...] about Da Nang airport maintains lead in service quality
Da Nang works to make IT spearhead sector
Da Nang is one of the leading localities in the country in developing IT and software industry. Statistics from the municipal Department of Information and Communications, about 20,000 people are working in Da Nang’s IT sector, significantly contributing to promoting the development of software technology in the city. Many international training programs with high quality have been implemented in Da Nang, meeting the demand of domestic and foreign software firms. Notably, Da Nang University has cooperated with Washington and Portland Universities of the US, Grenoble and Marseille Universities of France in training Digital System, Embedded System, automated production and automation, software engineering and industrial computing. Photo for illustration Duy Tan University has set up training linkup with Carnegie Mellon University in the US. Meanwhile, the Vietnam-Korea Friendship Information Technology College has also collaborated with IT partners from Japan and … [Read more...] about Da Nang works to make IT spearhead sector
Da Nang looks to boost innovation
Ships dock at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang city. The city plans to develop into a global hub of hi-tech industry and tourism.-VNS Photo Cong Thanh Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyen Dinh Cung said at a workshop on the city’s Development Plan to 2035, vision 2045, on Monday. Cung said the city’s face-lift in recent decades was mostly based on natural resources and real estate development rather than from advances in innovation, hi-tech industry and value chain creation. “I am yet to see any changes in innovation and technology in the city’s economic and development structure, even in the leadership. The city still develops its domestic economy rather than focusing internationally toward growth,” Cung said. “Having ranked in the top five cities’ Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) for years, Da Nang has not made any unique difference in comparison to other cities and provinces in industrialisation, hi-tech … [Read more...] about Da Nang looks to boost innovation