When receiving new Malaysian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Firdauz Bin Othman on Monday, Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh affirmed that his city has devoted a lot of investment resources to service and tourism sectors which are considered local spearhead economic sectors.

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World marks an important milestone that opens a new chapter of the Viet Nam - Japan relations to be more practical, comprehensive and effective.

When meeting with Mr. Kuroiwa Yuji, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, on Thursday, Da Nang People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh expressed his delight at fruitful results from the good cooperative relationship between Da Nang and the two cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan.

During his reception on Thursday for Minister-President of Thüringen state of Germany Bodo Ramelow, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh introduced his guest to the city’s socio-economic development potentials and advantages, as well as some fields that the city is appealing for investment.

Da Nang wants to expand cooperation in a range of fields with the UK and set up an official relationship with Birmingham City, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Tran Chi Cuong said when receiving British Deputy Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Sam Wood on Wednesday.

Da Nang was honoured with the Human Centricity Prize at the Seoul Smart City Prize ceremony which was part of a series of the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2023 held in South Korea’s Seoul City on September 25 and 26.

The first nonstop flight departing at 8:30pm (local time) from Incheon International Airport in South Korea to Da Nang landed at 11:10 pm on Wednesday following a long hiatus, carrying some 180 South Korean tourists to the central coastal city of Viet Nam.

The Da Nang Department of Tourism has just joined a working session with airlines and travel companies in India about opening direct flights to bring more tourists to Da Nang. This is within the framework of the Department s working trip to the capital New Delhi and Gurugram City in India from September 12 to 14, led by Director of the Department of Tourism Truong Thi Hong Hanh.

On Friday, representatives from Da Nang and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province inked a Memorandum of Understanding on establishing cooperative relations in the fields of tourism, investment and trade, and agriculture and fisheries.