VietNamNet Bridge - Many casinos have been or are going to open in the central region, particularly on the coast. Lagula Lang Co Casino services are available in Da Nang, providing different services with gambling machines, deal tables and other games. However, only foreigners and Vietnamese citizens with foreign passports are allowed to enter the casino. Crown International Club, within the 535-room Crowne Plaza Hotel, is the best known casino in the central region. Club 99 at Furama Resort is nearby. Another well known address is One Opera Hotel in the central area of Da Nang. The Club, with 122 gambling machines and 22 deal tables, is considered one of the most successful casinos in Vietnam. However, its position is being challenged by new powerful rivals. More integrated resorts with a hotel, resort and casino have arisen in the coastal areas, in the inner city and around Da Nang, from Hoi An to Hue City. Casino developers in Macau, the world’s largest casino … [Read more...] about More casinos open in central coastal region
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Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
A 22-storey five-star Grand Tourane hotel. — Photo courtesy Quang Nam-Da Nang Trade company The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Da Nang over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017. Booming hotel and resort projects now offer 28,000 rooms – 10 times as many as in 2007 – for the 15 million tourists expected to visit the city in 2030. Chairman of the city’s tourism association, Huynh Tan Vinh, said tourism also created 140,000 jobs for local and neighbouring employees – 25 per cent of the city’s labour force. Vinh said the unique landscape of coast, rivers and mountains as well as the nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua lured 6.7 million tourists, of which 2.3 million were foreigners, to the city in 2017. In the first half of 2018, 3.3 … [Read more...] about Positive tourism growth lures hotel and resort investors to Da Nang
Furama Đà Nẵng wins hotel award
Furama Resort Đà Nẵng, the 5-star beach resort in central Việt Nam, has won the ’favored hotel of 2017’ by JALPAK, a Japanese tourism agency. — VNS Photo Trương Ngọc Thành Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — Furama Resort Đà Nẵng, the 5-star beach resort in central Việt Nam, has been named as the ‘most favored hotel of 2017’ by JALPAK, a renowned Japanese travel agency. The resort’s PR manager, Trương Ngọc Thành, confirmed to Việt Nam News that the award, which was introduced in 2014, was announced earlier this month following a poll on hotels and restaurants among tourists. He said the Furama resort was one of five hotels in Asia that won the award from JALPAK. General Manager of Furama Resort Đà Nẵng, Matthias Wiesmann said Japan was one of the top three tourism markets for the beach resort. He said the resort offered … [Read more...] about Furama Đà Nẵng wins hotel award
Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson wraps up landmark Vietnam visit
A group of U.S. Navy ships, led by aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, left the coastal city of Da Nang on Friday morning, concluding a historic five-day port call in Vietnam. The supercarrier, carrying 6,000 sailors and officers, was accompanied by guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer in the landmark visit that marked the largest military presence of the U.S. in Vietnam since the war ended in 1975. During the visit, sailors and officers from the USS Carl Vinson and the Carl Vinson Strike Group participated in different cultural and professional exchanges in the form of community service projects, sports competitions, and music performances in Da Nang. The USS Carl Vinson sailors visited the local SOS Children’s Village and the Agent Orange Victims Center, bringing festivities to children there. The 7th Fleet Band joined both of the visits and also held two ‘night concerts’ to greet and exchange with members of the public in Da … [Read more...] about Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson wraps up landmark Vietnam visit
US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrives in Da Nang
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang around Monday noon, commencing a visit to Vietnam for the first time in more than four decades. The huge warship, accompanied by guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and destroyer USS Wayne E.Meyer, will have a five-day stay in the central port city, marking the biggest U.S. military presence in Vietnam since the war ended in 1975. Upon arriving at Da Nang Bay, some 500m from the city’s Tien Sa Port, the aircraft carrier approached a 300-seat passenger boat, on which its crew members will be transited to the mainland. The Phu Quoc Express 7, which takes the Carl Vinson crew members to the mainland, is pictured off Tien Sa Port in Da Nang. Photo: Tuoi Tre An official from the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that there are 5,000 crew members on the Carl Vinson. A number of activities are scheduled for the visit, including a welcome … [Read more...] about US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrives in Da Nang
Da Nang’s tourism prospers after APEC 2017
Selected as one of the most attractive destinations in Asia, Da Nang welcomed 6.6 million visitors in 2017, an increase of 1 million from the previous year. Local tourism has seen tremendous opportunities to prosper, especially after the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Da Nang this past November. Visitors to Da Nang are often impressed with the friendliness and honesty of local people, which has contributed significantly to its image of a peaceful and hospitable city. “I myself always try to smile with my customers with the hope of leaving them with a good impression of Da Nang.”, said 58-year-old Tran Dinh Chot, a senior cyclo driver in Da Nang. Endowned with beautiful beaches, Da Nang has attracted many big investors and owners of world-class beach resorts, including Furama, Premier Village, Pullman, and Crowne Plaza among others. According to Nguyen Duc Quynh, Deputy General Director of Furama Resort, Viet Nam’s successful hosting of APEC's … [Read more...] about Da Nang’s tourism prospers after APEC 2017