British billionaire proposes marina construction in Đà Nẵng

Joseph C. Lewis, a British businessman and investor, proposed developing an international marina on the Hàn River after docking his yacht Aviva at Tiên Sa Port for a short visit to Đà Nẵng and Hội An on May 13-14.

The British billionaire owner of English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur, Joe Lewis, arrived in Hạ Long Bay in his superyacht Aviva on May 16.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Vijit, commanded by Colonel T. Ashish and with 140 crew members, arrived at Tiên Sa Port in the central city of Đà Nẵng for a four-day visit that will include joint exercises with Việt Nam’s Coast Guard and exchanges.

The central city has been a key port for geopolitics and a crucial military post for Viet Nam since the first battle against French and Spanish forces in 1858-60. Hoài Nam reports.

Two training ships from the Japan Coast Guard, the JS Setoyuki and JS Shimayuki, and 390 crew members started a three-day friendly visit in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

More than 2,600 foreign tourists have visited Đà Nẵng on the first day of the New Year, arriving by air and sea, marking a promising start to another successful year for tourism in central Việt Nam.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has approved a master plan for the development of its logistics infrastructure by 2030 with total investment of VNĐ13.7 trillion (US$606 million).

Despite welcoming 500 international cruises each year, Việt Nam only hosts around 300,000 tourists from cruises – just three percent of the total number of foreigners visiting the country in a year – and the percentage of tourists visiting by cruise did not grow in 2017.

The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to build an internal water route and pier system to transport cargo between Tiên Sa and Liên Chiểu ports and ease congestion on National Highway 14B caused by commercial cargo.

Nearly 10 tonnes of smuggled ivory and pangolin scales were found at a container that disguised as plastic scrap in Tiên Sa port of the central city on October 4, marking it as the largest smuggled wildlife products via port of Đà Nẵng city.