A steam locomotive in Vietnam. The old trains are set to resume their route between Da Nang and Hue (Photo courtesy Transport Newspaper) The Indochina Rail Tourist Service Company plans to restore the operation of steam trains travelling between the central city of Da Nang and Hue to serve tourists. The company said the restoration of the defunct steam train line has been prepared with an investment of 81 billion VND (3.6 million USD). As planned, three steam locomotives and 10 carriages have been repaired and decorated, while logistics services, stations, bridges and coal and water supplying systems will be restored at the stations of Kim Lien in Da Nang and Lang Co in Thua Thien-Hue province. According to the Hue tourist company, it has operated a carriage since 2016 for tourists travelling from Hue to Da Nang before exploring Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam by coach. Steam trains stopped operating in Vietnam from the 1990s, replaced by diesel-driven locomotives. … [Read more...] about Hue – Da Nang steam train to be restored to serve tourism
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Hanoi, Da Nang Spring Press Festivals open
The annual event includes 25 display booths presenting publications for the spring festival and Lunar New Year, published by central and local press agencies from across the country. The publications offer a comprehensive view of outstanding events in 2018 and predictions for 2019 in fields of economy, policy, society, security, culture, defense and foreign affairs. On this occasion, the Hanoi Journalists’ Association presented Ngo Tat To Press Award 2018. The festival will last until January 26. Yesterday, Da Nang Spring Press Festival 2019 opened with the participation of 17 newspaper agencies. This year’s event themed “Da Nang-based press agencies have always accompanied the city's development” features more than 200 copies of printed editions and magazines of local newspaper agencies and other press units, such as Da Nang Newspaper, Danang Radio & Television Station, Vietnam News Agency, Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper, People's Army Newspaper, Nhan Dan … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Da Nang Spring Press Festivals open
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
Two killed as train hits truck, derails in central Vietnam
By Le Hoang  May 24, 2018 | 10:05 am GMT+7 Around 400 train passengers, including many foreigners, were transferred to a station one kilometer away. Two people were killed and 10 others were seriously injured when a train collided with a dumper truck in the central province of Thanh Hoa after midnight on Thursday. The accident happened at a level crossing at around 0:30 a.m. when the truck tried to cross the railroad in Tinh Gia District just as the train carrying over 400 passengers traveling from Hanoi to Da Nang was approaching. Nguyen The Hung, 42, the train driver, and his unidentified assistant were killed. The 10 injured passengers were sent to hospital for treatment. The train's locomotive was severed and seven of its cars derailed, blocking the vital north-south railway. The truck was knocked off 10 meters away from the level crossing. Rescue workers were dispatched to the site at 7 a.m. Authorities said all passengers, including many foreigners, have … [Read more...] about Two killed as train hits truck, derails in central Vietnam
Da Nang, FPT cooperate to build ‘smart’ city
Local residents search public procedure online at Da Nang’s Administrative centre. (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) - The central city of Da Nang and FPT, a Vietnamese software giant, inked on April 19 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on building Da Nang as a ‘smart city’ for the 2018-20 period. The MoU will help the city develop smart solutions in traffic, agriculture, English language training, health care and tourism. The two sides also agreed to complete online service in traffic and agriculture to boost connection between the city’s administration and local residents, as well as to promote transparency in administrative procedure. As planned, FPT will invest 15 billion VND (664,000 USD) to build pilot projects with smart applications in 2018-19. Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Ho Ky Minh, said the MoU would help Da Nang improve administrative reform and transparency for local people, businesses and tourists, and build Da Nang as … [Read more...] about Da Nang, FPT cooperate to build ‘smart’ city