9 - 15 January
Spring Fair
This fair is one of the trade promotion events held annually in the city, and its purpose is to meet the increasing shopping demands of local residents in the days leading up to the Tet Festival. For sale will be a wide range of goods including food, fashionable clothes, footwear, handicrafts, and electrical appliances.
Thursday 12 to Wednesday 18 January from 8.00am - 10.00pm daily
Tien Son Sports Arena, Hoa Cuong Bac Ward
Free admission
Da Nang Bazaar
This small-scale fair features dozens of stands from young local traders. The stands offer a wide range of food, drinks, and popular fashionable products such as footwear, clothes, cosmetics and bags.
Friday 13 to Tuesday 17 January 3pm - 10pm daily
Helio Centre entertainment complex on 2 September
Free admission
Motul Motorcycle Stunt Fest 2017
Organised by Motul Group, which is a lubricants company, the event is a high quality entertainment show with interactive experiences for participants. In addition, local fans will be amazed by the performances of two world-renowned professional stunters: Aaron Twite from the USA and Hiroyuki Ogawa from Japan.
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January 8.30am – 5.00pm each day.
Han River Port
Free tickets are only for Facebook users
Heineken Green Room Music Festival entitled ‘Touch the Music’
This outdoor electronic dance music (EDM) event will feature numerous famous domestic singers, including Minh Hang, Toc Tien, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Soobin Hoang Son, along with some famous DJs. In particular, there will be four 2.5m-tall super robots representing 4 dimensions of music: Static, Subzero, Pressure and Texture, and special laser and lighting effects.
Saturday 14 January 6.00pm - 10.00pm
East Sea Park, Son Tra District
Free admission
Photo exhibition entitled ‘Da Nang - A Journey of 20 Years’
The photos showcase the city’s remarkable urban infrastructure developments over the past 20 years. Included are the building of the beautiful bridges across the Han River, the upgrading of the international airport and sea ports, and the implementation of other key construction works. They also reflect the city’s significant social, economic, and cultural achievements, including the implementation of the ‘5 No's, 3 Yes's’ campaign and the ‘Year for Culture and Urban Civilisation’ programme.
Open until Tuesday 10 January
Museum of Da Nang, 24 Tran Phu
Admission fee is 20,000 VND per person
Photo exhibition entitled ‘Da Nang is 20 Years Old’
A total of over 100 impressive photos are on display, taken by 45 local photographers. They showcase the vivid beauty of the city, and the popular local attractions and entertainment areas. In addition, they depict some amazing moments from international events held in the city, including the Clipper Race fleet’s arrival in Da Nang in February 2016, and the recent 5thAsian Beach Games.
The exhibition also features over 500 books reflecting the city’s innovative progress over the past 2 decades.
Open until Sunday 15 January
General Science Library, 46 Bach Dang.
Admission is free
Cruise ships in port
Tuesday 10 January 7.00am - 6.00pm Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream
(3,500 passengers from Asian and European countries)
Friday 13 January 8.30am - 6.00pm Holland America Line's MS Volendam
(1,000 passengers from the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia and other countries)
Football
In their opening match of this year’s league season, SHB Da Nang had a 1-0 home win over Hoang Anh Gia Lai last Saturday thanks to a perfect shot by midfielder Vu Phong in the 10th minute. (See report under Culture - Sports). The team will next play away to Sai Gon on Saturday.
Saturday 14 January 6.00pm
Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
‘Charming Da Nang’ musical programme
This 60-minute programme opens with a stage presentation highlighting the city’s most impressive sites such as the Da Nang International Airport, the Han River and the tall buildings. It is followed by delightful performances of singing, dancing and traditional Vietnamese musical instruments, each of them showcasing the culture and beauty of Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole. Interestingly, there is a song named ‘Charming Da Nang’ which was written specifically for this programme.
Open daily at 8.00pm
The Labour Culture House, 2 Cach Mang Thang Tam
Tickets, priced at 800,000 VND, can be bought at the Culture House.
Musical performance
A nightly musical performance featuring famous local, national, and overseas Vietnamese singers.
Every evening from 8.30pm
Memory Lounge, 7 Bach Dang
Tickets can be booked on 0511 3575898 or 0905881360
Dragon's head breathes fire and squirts water
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January 9.00pm
The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
Han River Bridge swings
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January 11.00pm
The Han River Swing Bridge
Free to watch
Movies:
Don't Knock Twice (C16)
A mother, desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter, becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
From Friday 13 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
Your Name (C16)
Two high school kids who have never met, city boy Taki and country girl Mitsuha, are united through their dreams.
From Friday 13 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
Sleepless (C16)
Vincent Downs, a Las Vegas police officer, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Down’s teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation, and bring the kidnappers to justice.
From Friday 13 January
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket