Area: 1 256 sq. Km.
Population(2002): 724 000 prs.
Economic potentialities: service industry, marine products, agriculture.

Danang City is located in Central Vietnam; it is surrounded by Thua Thien Hue along the northern border and Quang Nam on the southern border. The main ethnic groups living in this area are the Kinh, Xo Dang, Co Tu, Co, and Gie Trieng.
Ngu Hanh Son Marble Mountains as well as the Linh Ung Pagoda, the Cham Museum, and Non Nuoc Beach are interesting attractions to visit.

Danang is 108km from Hue, 130km from Quang Ngai, 759km from Hanoi, and 965km from Ho Chi Minh City.
Air :The Airport is 2.5km south-west of the city. Daily flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Pleiku. Flights to Haiphong two times a week, Nha Trang four times a week, Buon Ma Thuot three time a week.
Train: The station is at 122 Hai Phong St.
Tel: 823 810. Express trains stop in Danang.

Road: The long distance bus station is at 35 Dien Bien Phu St., Tel: 822 020. Buses to Vinh, Hue, Haiphong, Quang Ngai, Hanoi, Buon Ma Thuot, Dalat and Nha Trang.

Danang is an important port and Vietnam’s fourth largest city but, despite its substantial business travel potential, there's a dearth of decent hotels with only the upmarket Furama Resort above a three-star standard.

Nevertheless, its a pleasant place but without a great deal of interest for the traveller apart from its ancient association with the Cham Kingdom, represented by its famous Cham Museum, and a Cao Dai temple second only to the Cao Dai Holy See in importance. However, not counting the DMZ, Hue, My Son and Hoi An, there are places worth visiting not far away.

Made famous by the American War, the actual location of the GI’s rest and relaxation area is a small section of My Khe beach, part of the long stretch of sand that runs south alongside the coast for hundreds of kilometres. Nearby, is the Furama, Vietnam’s premier first class resort hotel, the only First Class hotel within reasonable reach of Hue.

China Beach is down the sand from the Furama - it’s easy enough to spot. You can still see the old aircraft hangers at the back of the beach. The American forces used them to house bombers, unwittingly in full view of the Vietcong who maintained a spectacular network of tunnels in the Marble Mountains.

The Marble Mountains are a popular spot for Vietnamese visitors, about ten kilometers from Danang.

Also known by their Vietnamese name of Ngu Hanh Son (Five Mountains Range), they face the East China Sea and contain some of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam. The colour of the marble in the five peaks differs: the Thuy Son mountain has pink marble, while the Moc Son mountain’s is white and the Hoa Son mountain’s is brown.

It’s a commercialised site, but the shrines and pagodas built into the caves in the limestone hills are interesting if not too crowded. At its base is Non Nuoc, a stone carving village with more than a thousand people involved in making fine art works and Buddha statues from high-grade limestone, mostly for export worldwide.