Hai Chau Book Festival 2017

This event will feature around 150 stands which will introduce 2 million interesting new books.  In addition, visitors will have a chance to enjoy attractive discounts at the stands, and meet with famous domestic writers such as Nguyen Nhat Anh, Do Hong Ngoc, Anh Khang, Bui Tu Luc and Hamlet Truong.

Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 April  8.00am - 9.00pm

At the western end of Da Nang’s Rong (Dragon) Bridge, opposite the Museum of Cham Sculpture

Free admission

International Vietbuild Exhibition 2017

This year’s event will feature over 600 stands of 180 domestic firms, 68 joint venture companies, and 41 foreign businesses.  The foreign participants will come from Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, France, China and Singapore.

Various products will be introduced including building materials, interior decorations, housing and real estate projects, electrical appliances, sanitary equipment, paint and sealants.

Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 April  8.00am - 10.00pm

29 March Square on 2 September Street

Free admission

'Bai choi' (singing while acting as playing cards) performance

Friday 21 to Sunday 23 April 7.00pm - 9.30pm

On the pavement of Tran Hung Dao at the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge in Son Tra District.

Participation fee is 20,000 VND per person

Free to watch

Street music performance

Saturday 22 April from 7.30pm

Bach Dang riverside pavement

Free to watch

Weekend playground     

Various interesting activities, including funny games, along with hip-hop and dancing contests.

Sunday 23 April  7.00pm - 9.00pm

The park opposite the Da Nang Administrative Centre

Free to watch

Tuong (classical drama) performances

Sunday 23 April  at 7.30pm

On the pavement of Tran Hung Dao at the eastern end of the Han River Bridge

Free to watch

Cruise ship in port

Tuesday 18 April

7.00am - 6.00pm  Dream Cruises’ Genting Dream (3,500 passengers from Asian and European countries)

‘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 22 and Sunday 23 April 9.00pm daily

The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge

Free to watch

Han River Bridge swings open

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April 11.00pm

The Han River Bridge

Free to watch

Movies:

Colossal (C16)

After Gloria loses her job and is kicked out of her boyfriend’s apartment, she leaves her life in New York and moves back to her hometown.  When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realisation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon.  When events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.

From Friday 21 April

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

Detective Conan - Episode “One”: The Great Detective Turned Small (No age restriction)

Shinichi is a well-known student detective who has stormed the Japanese press with his mind and skills.  One particular day, Shinichi was enjoying a date with Ran in Tropical Land theme park.  Unfortunately, Shinichi witnessed the illegal exchange of the Black Organisation.  Soon after, he was poisoned by APTX-4869 which did not kill him but turned him into a kid.

From Friday 21 April

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

MindGamers (No age restriction)

A group of brilliant young students discover the greatest scientific breakthrough of all time: a wireless neural network, connected via a quantum computer, capable of linking the minds of each and every one of us.  They realise that quantum theory can be used to transfer motor-skills from one brain to another, a first shareware for human motor-skills.  They freely spread this technology, believing it to be a first step towards a new equality and intellectual freedom.  However, they soon discover that they themselves are part of a much greater and more sinister experiment as dark forces emerge that threaten to subvert this technology into a means of mass-control.  The movie takes the mind-bender thriller to the next level with an immersive narrative and breath-taking action.

From Friday 21 April

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket