Surf, Sand and Software Turn Da Nang Into Vietnam’s ‘IT’ City

[BoQ77]

My kids will love those. They used to go to bed as latest as 9:00 pm. And every fireworks in Hanoi started after 9:00pm to midnight

 

[Carlosa]

This is the video of the fireworks of the Australian team:

 

[gambit]

I would love to visit Đà Nẵng. I just cannot afford the air fare at this time. And am not sure if I want to fly coach from CONUS to Viet Nam. Done it before from CONUS to China and hated it. Glad those days are done.

 

[Aepsilons]

I would love to visit Đà Nẵng. I just cannot afford the air fare at this time. And am not sure if I want to fly coach from CONUS to Viet Nam. Done it before from CONUS to China and hated it. Glad those days are done.

Take Northwest Air to Nagoya, then take JAL to Da Nang.

 

[BoQ77]

Find The Top Retirement Cities In Vietnam
By Carol E. Wheeler | March 20, 2015AAA |

And why would you go halfway around the world to retire? In two words, it’s cheap. It costs much much less to live in Vietnam than in the U.S., and it’s also a charming country to live in. It is all coast, mostly what looks like a strip of land bordering the South China Sea.

Kathleen Peddicord,founder of the Live and Invest Overseas publishing group, writes that English is becoming more and more common throughout the country, that the Vietnamese have a passion for the internet (which is available everywhere), and that despite its history of war and colonial rule, the people are “perhaps surprisingly gracious and friendly to Westerners.” (See also the helpful information inPlan Your Retirement Abroad.)

DA NANG: BEACHFRONT AND GREAT FOR GOLFERS
In Da Nang, for example, according to Peddicord writing in U.S. News and World Report, you (two of you) can live on $1,200 a month. Wouldn’t that leave at least a little something for traveling back home occasionally? Da Nang, she says, is not a tourist trap. It is situated on the South China Sea coast at the mouth of the Han River and is also home to Vietnam’s best golf course (so said Golf Digest last year), and it has a long, beautiful beach. Da Nang is where a major U.S. Air Force Base was located during the war, but that was a long time ago, and the Vietnamese apparently welcome American visitors and retirees now. The Vietnamese are a hardworking people determined to make it in today’s world, according to all reports. Vietnamonline.com describes the city, third largest in the country, as becoming an "organized urban area, with beach front villas on one side and (the) Han River flowing on the other."

Da Nang, a city of a million people dotted with new skyscrapers, is also a place of wide, easily-traveled roads and wide sidewalks, too, for those who like to walk free of bikes and especially motorbikes. It still retains its small-town feel, says U.S. News, and it is, amazingly, litter-free, Peddicord reports, and it has an active recycling program. How rare that is in Southeast Asian countries, you may know from your own travels. The beach is utterly beautiful and very clean, with lifeguards and litter barrels, and yet it is not a “beach town,” so it’s easy to find a deserted stretch for lolling.

NHA TRANG: TROPICAL RESORT AND MAGNET FOR EXPATS
Nha Trang lies on southeastern Vietnam’s Nha Trang Bay, about 275 miles northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. It’s a popular Vietnamese vacation destination, with more than four miles of beaches. And it’s home to 400,000 people, including hundreds of expats. The city has a tropical climate, with high temperatures ranging from 82 F to 91 F and lows in the high 60s F. Best of all, Nha Trang has a long dry season, which runs from January to August. It experiences its heaviest rainfall in October and November. Mountains surround three sides of the city, and a large island just off the coast shelters Nha Trang during heavy storms.


One couple, described on International Living’s website, rent “a modern studio apartment – a five-minute walk from the ocean –… fully furnished and includ[ing] cable, Wi-Fi, a small kitchen, maid service, laundry six days a week, a security guard, a weight room, and utilities for $300 a month.” There are also long-term hotel stays for about $200 a month. Grocery prices are way below what US citizens are used to – 10 cents for a baguette (the French colonial influence), 10 eggs for under a dollar, and two lbs. of potatoes for less than a dollar. And the food in restaurants is delicious – Vietnam's cuisine is much influenced by French cooking but has its own distinct style of light, bright flavors – very fresh food and of course a lot of seafood.

DALAT: MOUNTAIN GREENERY AND GARDENERS' DELIGHT
Dalat is a quite different kind of place – not on the coast, for one thing. But it has a big advantage in a hot country: While it’s further south than Nha Trang, it has an average yearly temperature of 57 F. It’s really a mountain resort complete with pine trees. You can rent an apartment in Dalat for around $300, eat out for less than a dollar…and get a good hour-long massage for $5. The city is famous for its flowers and holds a flower festival in December and January. It’s not easy to find English-language real estate agents and service providers, but you can always try the local university.

According to International Living, if you choose to live there, you should choose a place on the outskirts, no matter how tempting the center is, with its thriving seafood market and its (man-made) moon-shaped Xuan Huong Lake. Charming French architecture from the colonial days is still in evidence, but the outskirts are prettier than the center of town, experts say, with better views. Dalat is not on the sea, but it’s just three hours from Nha Trang, where you can go for a beach vacation. Some retirees divide their time between the two.

THE BOTTOM LINE
If cost of living is a major consideration in your retirement, Vietnam could be the answer. For your home base, you can choose between the mountains and the beaches.

 

[Carlosa]

I would love to visit Đà Nẵng. I just cannot afford the air fare at this time. And am not sure if I want to fly coach from CONUS to Viet Nam. Done it before from CONUS to China and hated it. Glad those days are done.

What is CONUS? Try to come over when you have a chance, you'll like it. Danang its the closer thing in Vietnam to a western type of management of a city, Its still Vietnam, I can certainly find plenty of things that need to be done or that need improvement, but for Vietnam standards, its far ahead of the rest. No corrupted cops, quite efficient city services, quite clean (even that many Vietnamese people do their best to litter), not too big a city, easy to go everywhere fast, normal or easy traffic, beautiful coastline, nice wide riverside and beach roads, etc, etc. Danang shows the trend, the model and now the rest of Vietnam try to follow and imitate Danang (which is not easy).

If you come, you'll find plenty of American company here.

Forgot to say before, Hoi An its just 20 km from Danang.

 

[gambit]

Continental US = CONUS.

asaptickets just quoted $5500 from Las Vegas to Sài Gòn.

Eeeek...!!!

 

[BoQ77]

Continental US = CONUS.

asaptickets just quoted $5500 from Las Vegas to Sài Gòn.

Eeeek...!!!

My sister always back and forth at about $2,000 for return ticket.
Atlanta > Sans Francisco > Narita or Incheon > Vietnam

Direct flight would come into operation this year.

Tổng đại lý vé máy bay 247 nổi tiếng về dịch vụ vé máy bay quốc tế, đặc biết là vé máy bay đi Mỹ và Canada. Tham khảo gía vé: Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Los Angeles (Từ 630 $++ One way); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Washington DC (Từ 630 $++ vé nối chuyến nội địa); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi San Francisco (Từ 630 $++ One way); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Boston (Từ 630 $+ vé nối chuyến nội địa Mỹ); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Seattle (Từ 630 $++ vé nối chuyến nội địa Mỹ); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi California (Từ 630 $++ One way); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Houston (Từ 630 $++ vé nối chuyến nội địa Mỹ); Vé máy bay đi Mỹ – Sài Gòn đi Texas (Từ 630 $++ One way)…. Các mức giá trên là 1 chiều chưa gồm vé nội địa.

http://www.vemaybay.com.vn/ve-may-bay-di-my/
Vé máy bay Online

 

[Carlosa]

Continental US = CONUS.

asaptickets just quoted $5500 from Las Vegas to Sài Gòn.

Eeeek...!!!

That's a crazy rate, but I'm sure there are cheap flights from L.A. and S.F. to Asia and then take an easy cheap discounted airline to Vienam.

Tip: Hong Kong Express started to flight from HK to Danang very cheap, I'm flying to HK in one week to go to China for about $95 (one way) everything included including a 20 kg bag (The rate before taxes and bag is just $48).

Just take a cheap flight from LA or SF to HK and from there to Danang.

From Las Vegas to LA is easy, just a 4 or 5 hour bus.

 

[gambit]

Guys...Am not flying economy/coach. This is not the same thing as being in a cockpit of an F-111 or F-16. I done that. I have even been on the web seat of a C-130, C-141, C-5, and a C-27 Sherpa. Except that on every flight of those 'C' planes, I had the freedom to unstrap meself and stretch out on top of the cargo pallets and slept for most of the flights. My meals were MREs and that did not bothered me. I just do not care to fly packed like a sardine for 18+ hrs.

 

[Carlosa]

Guys...Am not flying economy/coach. This is not the same thing as being in a cockpit of an F-111 or F-16. I done that. I have even been on the web seat of a C-130, C-141, C-5, and a C-27 Sherpa. Except that on every flight of those 'C' planes, I had the freedom to unstrap meself and stretch out on top of the cargo pallets and slept for most of the flights. My meals were MREs and that did not bothered me. I just do not care to fly packed like a sardine for 18+ hrs.

Hell yes, that's a killer flight, I did it dozens of times flying from LA to China, I just used to get up and spend plenty of time just standing up in the rear toilet area which became the sort of rest-meetting area, that was what made the flights more passable to me since I'm not the type that sleeps easily in a plane.

Well, I guess its business class for you then.

Tip #2: In Danang the best places to stay are 3 star hotels on the streets leading to the riverside road, just 30-40 meters from the Han river, right on the best area of the riverside road (which is between the Son Han bridge and the dragon bridge), you can walk to those bridges, that's the top area to stay in Danang (other than the beach), just for $20 a night (sometimes $15), nice little hotels, good rooms, air con, wi fi, elevator, etc. no worries.
I'll be happy to give specific hotel names if someone wants to come.

 

[gambit]

My sister always back and forth at about $2,000 for return ticket.
Atlanta > Sans Francisco > Narita or Incheon > Vietnam

Đó là của economy/coach, phải không ? Ghế nhỏ quá. Không thích. Tôi muốn bay ghế 'business class'. Rộng hơn.

 

[BoQ77]

Đó là của economy/coach, phải không ? Ghế nhỏ quá. Không thích. Tôi muốn bay ghế 'business class'. Rộng hơn.

Chắc bác to người, có tuổi, thu nhập tốt nên cần thoải mái.
em gái em nhỏ người có 40 kg, nên cũng thoải mái rồi.

Đúng là vé Economy thôi, giá hiện nay chỉ khoảng $1,200 - 1,600 khứ hồi, chứ không đến 2,000.
Khoảng cách giữa các hàng ghế của Vietnam Airlines nhỏ hơn các hãng nước ngoài bác lưu ý nhé.

Boeing and Vietnam authority are doing their best for your direct flight from Vietnam to USA.

 

[gambit]

Chắc bác to người, có tuổi, thu nhập tốt nên cần thoải mái.
em gái em nhỏ người có 40 kg, nên cũng thoải mái rồi.

Nope...

I am 167 cm height, 72 kg weight, and my waist size is 73 cm.

 

[BoQ77]

A massage in Saigon would help you out of any backache. No? Two sessions are enough.