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DA NANG

Cham Museum, Marble Mountains, China Beach.

(Da Nang): is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea. It is one of the five independent municipalities in Vietnam. It was called Tourane during the French colonization of Vietnam

Da Nang is one of major cities of Vietnam. It has an area of 1,255.53 km², with a population of 752,493 people (2003). Hoang Sa is an archipelago with 18 islands: Hoang Sa, Da Bac, Huu Nhat, Da Loi, Bach Quy, Tri Ton, Cay island, Bac island, Giua island, Nam island, Phu Lam, Linh Con, Quang Hoa, Bong Bay, Quan Sat, Cat Tay, Chim Yen Rock, and Thap Rock

In 1847, French vessels bombarded Đà Nẵng in response to persecution of Roman Catholic missionaries.

In August 1858, French troops landed under the orders of Napoleon III, beginning colonial occupation in the area. As a concession, it was renamed Tourane in French. It came to be considered one of Indochina’s five major cities. During the Vietnam War, the city was home to a major American air base. The population has since increased to over 1 million habitants, mostly refugees.

Before 1997, the city was part of Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng province. On January 1, 1997, Đà Nẵng was separated from Quảng Nam province to become the fourth municipality of Vietnam

(Hai Van Pass)

On a journey through the land, Hai Van is always an attractive landscape. Hai Van is highest pass in the country, full of perilous obstacles and is the last spur of the Truong Son Range reaching to the sea. In “Phu Bien Tap Luc”, Le Qui Don, the Viet Nam scholar who lived in the XVII century wrote that Hai Van with its foot standing in the sea surface and its summit covered with clouds. The pass standings as a borderline divide Thuan Hoa and Quang Nam provinces.

( Cham Museum ): Built in 1915, the Museum of Champa Sculpture in Danang displays an intensive and diverse collection of Champa sculpture dating from the 7th to the 15th centuries.

( Marble Mountain ):Just south of Danang on the coast are the Marble Mountains -- 5 marble hills where you can explore caves used as Buddhist sanctuaries. Bring a flashlight, and be prepared to be guided by at least one of the many souvenir-selling children that seem to run the place

(China Beach)

China Beach is south of Danang, beside the government-owned Non Nuoc Seaside Resort (also known as the China Beach Hotel). But many people today say the real China Beach was about 3 miles north of Non Nuoc, at My Khe beach

( The Han River ): is a river that runs in Danang, Nam Trung Bo, Vietnam. This river originates in Quang Nam Province and empries into South China Sea at Bay of Danang. Tien Son Port is located at the estuary of this river. In Vietnam War, this is an important naval base of the United States Navy