On Wednesday, Da Nang People’s Committee (PC) Chairman Huynh Duc Tho and PC Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Tuan jointly chaired a meeting to assess some planning projects and their architectural designs.

The city leaders approved the plans for an overpass at the intersection of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Dien Bien Phu streets.

Viet Nam’s leading realty conglomerate Vingroup was allowed to decrease the number of villas at its Future Property Invest tourism area project on Truong Sa Street from 133 to 122, and lower the project's construction density from 22% to 17%.

A local public beach

The Viet Nam Circus Federation was granted approval to develop a 350 billion VND national centre for circus and synthetic arts at the city’s Thanh Nien (Youth) Park, and the project will be implemented from 2016 to 2020.  The focus will be on ensuring that the landscaping work at the project will match the overall design plans for the park, and an area for circus and synthetic arts performances will be constructed.

The Federation has also pledged to spend 30 billion VND on setting up modern canvas marquees at the site for circus shows during the upcoming Tet Festival (Lunar New Year) and in preparation for an international circus festival which will take place in the city in August 2016.

Appeals will be made for donations from local organisations and individuals to construct a marina on the site of the former Song Thu shipyard and convert the downgraded Nguyen Van Troi Bridge into a pedestrian-only bridge in the near future.

Also at the meeting, approval was not granted to the My Khe company, the developer of the Avatar Hotel in Ngu Hanh Son District, to use a section of My Khe Beach to offer services to its guests.

Chairman Huynh Duc Tho stated that businesses are not allowed to privatise any sections of the local beaches, and reconfirmed that public beaches should be under the management of the local relevant agencies.  The city’s authorities will create more public utilities, including freshwater showers, drinking areas and beach sports playgrounds, to satisfy the increasing demands of local residents and visitors.

The city leader also stressed the need for the developers of delayed seaside projects from the Furama Resort Danang to the city’s administrative boundary with Quang Nam Province to remove the existing fences around their sites in order to create more open spaces.  He also suggested that new public footpaths should be opened between every 2 adjacent projects in order to allow local residents and visitors easier access to the beaches.

In addition, the city leaders took the opportunity to ask the developers of the seaside projects to become more actively involved in environmental protection activities, improving the surrounding natural landscapes, and ensuring local security.