
The hysteria that first swept the country over swine flu seems to have calmed down but the disease is still spreading rapidly and has claimed a significant number of lives in Vietnam.
The government has been updating

Vietnam Airlines and Vitour have announced more direct flights: Danang – Hong Kong – Danang in time for the Christmas travel season. These newly announced charter flights are cooperative effort between Vietnam Airlines and Vitour entice visitors

The Vietnam Public Health Association has published figures showing that 56% of Vietnamese men, those aged over 18, are smokers.
The figures released this week show that only 1.8% of Vietnamese women smoke.
The Vietnam Public Health Association also claimed

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has demanded that universities publish details about facilities, quality and finances.
The published information must also include the number of graduates who have found work and the cost of tuition.
Universities will be

Vietnam has just made the top ten list for Largest Military Armed Forces. The top ten list was compiled by “The Top Ten Of Everything”.
10. Vietnam
Army: 412,000
Navy: 42,000
Air: 30,000
Total = 484,000
The complete top ten for Largest Military

The purpose of this website is to meet the needs of expats in Danang by giving them a place to gather and share information about the city we call home. The following is brief description of how

HANOI – TYPHOON Ketsana caused an estimated US$120 million damage to Vietnam, the government said on Thursday in a report.
The initial damage estimate covers five of 12 provinces affected by the typhoon which made landfall on Tuesday
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Earlier this month the deadly strain of flu, H1N1 claimed it first victim from Danang. This latest fatality brings the total number of deaths from H1N1 swine flu to 7 in Vietnam.
The 40 year old victim fell

Vietnam airlines has announced a new route connecting danang international airport with Osaka in Japan. The new flights are scheduled to begin as charter flights in December 2009 and then are expected to be part of a

It has been almost a month since the U.S embassy in Hanoi announced that it has begun preparations for a U.S consulate to be built in Danang. It is thought that a Hanoi based consul will take