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Vietnam's fourth- largest city, Danang is the economic powerhouse of central Vietnam. Alter a long period of slumber, the city is once again awaking and has been given. total makeover in the past few years. With new roads, new bridges and new building, it is starting to act like a city of its size, ,although with Hue to the north and Hoi An to the south, it's never going to make the major league for tourism. Travelers pass
through Danang to visit the Museurn of Cham Sculpture or to make transport con¬nections. Most people prefer to stay in Hoi An or out at nearby China Beach*, but for city slickers who like to soak up the atmos¬phere of bustling centres , it's an endearing enough place to idle a night or two away
Back in the heady day of the American War, Danang was often referred to as the "Saigon of the North'. This held a note of both praise and condemnation: like its big sister to the south, Danang was notable FOR its booming economy, fine restaurants, busy traffic and glittering shops, entertaining the military was also a profitable business - bars and prostitution were major industries, and that legacy lingers. As in Saigon, corrup¬tion also ran rampant. Liberation arrived in 1975, promptly putting a sizable dent m the city s economy until the good old days came back again a few years ago.
Danang also marks the northern limits of Vietnam's tropical zone and boasts a pleas¬ant climate all year round.
History
Known during French colonial rule as Tourane, Danang succeeded Hoi An as the most important port in central Vietnam during the 19th century, and it remains the principal port for central Vietnam.
In late March 1975 Danang, tlu second-largest city in South Vietnam, was The Scene of utter chaos. Saigon government forces were ordered to abandon Hue, while Quang Ngai had fallen to the communists, cutting South Vietnam in two. Desperate civilians tried to flee the city as some soldiers of the disintegrating South Vietnamese army engaged in looting, pillage and rape. On 29 March 1975, two truckloads of communist guerrillas, more than half of them women, drove into what had been the most heavily defended city in South Vietnam and. without firing a shot, declared Danang “liberated”
Orientation
Danang is on the western bank of the Han River, The eastern bank is accessible via the Song Han Bridge or Nguven Van Troi Bridge further South. The city is part of a long, thin peninsula, at the northern tip of which is Nui Son Tra (called Monkey Mountain by US soldiers), A new road encircles Nui Son Tra and it s slowly opening to tourism China

Beach and the Marble Mountains lie south of the city, and Hai Van Pass overlook Danang from the north.

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	Da Nang City DANANG Vietnam's fourth- largest city, Danang is the economic powerhouse of central Vietnam. Alter a long period of slumber, the city is once again awaking and has been given. total makeover in the past few years. With new roads, new bridges and new building, it is starting to act like a city of its size, ,although with Hue to the north and Hoi An to the south, it's never going to make the major league for tourism. Travelers pass through Danang to visit the Museurn of Cham Sculpture or to make transport con¬nections. Most people prefer to stay in Hoi An or out at nearby China Beach*, but for city slickers who like to soak up the atmos¬phere of bustling centres , it's an endearing enough place to idle a night or two away Back in the heady day of the American War, Danang was often referred to as the "Saigon of the North'. This held a note of both praise and condemnation: like its big sister to the south, Danang was notable FOR its booming economy, fine restaurants, busy traffic and glittering shops, entertaining the military was also a profitable business - bars and prostitution were major industries, and that legacy lingers. As in Saigon, corrup¬tion also ran rampant. Liberation arrived in 1975, promptly putting a sizable dent m the city s economy until the good old days came back again a few years ago. Danang also marks the northern limits of Vietnam's tropical zone and boasts a pleas¬ant climate all year round. History Known during French colonial rule as Tourane, Danang succeeded Hoi An as the most important port in central Vietnam during the 19th century, and it remains the principal port for central Vietnam. In late March 1975 Danang, tlu second-largest city in South Vietnam, was The Scene of utter chaos. Saigon government forces were ordered to abandon Hue, while Quang Ngai had fallen to the communists, cutting South Vietnam in two. Desperate civilians tried to flee the city as some soldiers of the disintegrating South Vietnamese army engaged in looting, pillage and rape. On 29 March 1975, two truckloads of communist guerrillas, more than half of them women, drove into what had been the most heavily defended city in South Vietnam and. without firing a shot, declared Danang “liberated” Orientation Danang is on the western bank of the Han River, The eastern bank is accessible via the Song Han Bridge or Nguven Van Troi Bridge further South. The city is part of a long, thin peninsula, at the northern tip of which is Nui Son Tra (called Monkey Mountain by US soldiers), A new road encircles Nui Son Tra and it s slowly opening to tourism China Beach and the Marble Mountains lie south of the city, and Hai Van Pass overlook Danang from the north.