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Marble Mountains ( Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn, Chữ Hán: 五行山; lit. " five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ ...
Bà Nà Hill Station (or Bà Nà Hills or Sun World Ba Na Hills) is a hill station and resort located in the Trường Sơn Mountains west of the city of Da Nang, in central Vietnam. The station, advertised as "the Da Lat of Danang province" by local tourism authorities, was founded in 1919 by French colonists, and later expended by Sun Group ...
The Dragon Bridge ( Vietnamese: Cầu Rồng) is a bridge over the River Hàn in Da Nang, Vietnam. Construction of the bridge began on 19 July 2009 (the same day as the inauguration of the nearby Thuận Phước Bridge) when former prime minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and many high-ranking government officials attended the groundbreaking ...
Da Nang is the fifth-most populated city in Vietnam, with an area of 1,255.53 km 2 (484.76 sq mi) [ 41 ] and a population of 1,220,187 according to the update in 2022. [ 42 ] Women make up 50.7% of Da Nang's population.
Construction start. 2003. Opened. 19 July 2009. Location. The Thuận Phước Bridge ( Vietnamese: Cầu Thuận Phước) is a suspension bridge that crosses the lower Han River at Da Nang, Vietnam . The four-lane, three-span, bridge is 1,850 meters long and 18 meters wide, [1] and has a main span of 405 meters. Its two major pillars are 80m ...
Golden Bridge (Vietnam) / 15.99486; 107.99625. The Golden Bridge ( Vietnamese: Cầu Vàng) is a 150-metre-long (490 ft) pedestrian bridge in the Bà Nà Hills resort, near Da Nang, Vietnam. [ 1][ 2] It is designed to connect the cable car station with the gardens (avoiding a steep incline) [ 3] and to provide a scenic overlook and tourist ...
Battle. Battle of Dai Do, 30 April - 3 May 1968. In late April, four People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Battalions, including two from the 320th Division, infiltrated past the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 2nd Regiment to occupy the area around Dai Do ( 16.841°N 107.111°E) 2.5 km northeast of Đông Hà. [4]
The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) also used Da Nang as a ranger training facility. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia. During the Vietnam War (1959–1975), the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base. Once little ...