During his meeting on Thursday with the Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, Mr Pham Xuan Duong, the Deputy Secretary of Da Nang’s Party Committee, Mr Vo Cong Tri, asked the central government to issue more preferential policies for the city.  This would help to create extra motivation for the city to make even more breakthroughs in its progress.  

Assistance was asked for developing the Son Tra Peninsula into a national tourism area, for import duties and procedures on goods imported by local tourism project developers, for introducing double-decker buses, and for establishing a local tourist police force on a trial basis. 

The meeting in progress

Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh suggested that the central government should give more financial assistance to such local projects as the upgrade and expansion of the Tho Quang fishing wharf, forest protection and development, climate change adaptation, and food safety and hygiene.

The Director of the Tourism Department, Mr Ngo Quang Vinh, asked permission from the central government for the city to be able to grant investment licences for projects worth between 3,000 and 5,000 billion VND.  In addition, approval by the central government should be given to extending the validity of tourist visas for foreigners from 15 to 30 days in order to encourage them to stay longer in the city.

Deputy Head Duong stressed the need for Da Nang to continue its efforts to diversify its entertainment and tourism services in order to encourage longer visitor stay periods.