2018 Education USA Fair

The event offers an opportunity for local pupils to have an insight into the US culture and its education, especially the benefits of the training programmes in popular US schools.

Monday 19 March, from 2.00pm – 6.00pm

One Opera Da Nang Hotel, 115 Nguyen Van Linh

HealthyFarm Farmer’s Market

Jointly organised by the Da Nang-based company Evergreen Social Ventures and AccorHotels, the fair will introduce local customers to high-quality organic agricultural products. 

For more information, please visit the Farmers’ Market Facebook page:  https://web.facebook.com/events/342927719509855/ or its website: www.healthyfarm.org.

Sunday 25 March from 8.00am - 5.00pm

Grand Mercure Danang Hotel (Green Island), Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, Hai Chau District

Free admission

Contemporary arts exhibition themed ‘Connection’

The exhibition aims to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and European countries.

On display will be a total of arts works made from various materials by 14 foreign artists who are living and working in Da Nang and Quang Nam Province.  They come from the UK, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Norway and other European countries. 

Opened at 4:30pm on Saturday, 24 March, the event will run until 15 April

Da Nang Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan, Thach Thang Ward, Hai Chau District

Free Admission

Tuong street performance

Apart from enjoying impressive Tuong performances, visitors will be introduced to the art of Tuong mask drawing and its dress codes.  In addition, they will have the opportunity to have their photos taken in Tuong costumes which will be available for hire at the event.

At 7.00pm on Sunday 25 March

Eastern end of the Han River Bridge

Free to watch

‘Bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) performance

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 March 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

‘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 24 and Sunday 25 March 9.00pm

The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge

Free to watch

Han River Bridge swings open

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 March 11.00pm

The Han River Bridge

Free to watch

Movies:

Pacific Rim Uprising

Genre: Action, Adventure

The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising. John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous “Kaiju.”

From Friday 23 March

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                         

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

Sherlock Gnomes 

Genre: Animation, Family

Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renown detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

From Friday 23 March

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                         

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

Submergence

Genre: Romance, Thriller

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.

From Friday 23 March

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                         

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

The Cured

Genre:Thriller

A disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. The once-infected zombies are discriminated against by society and their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference.

From Friday 23 March

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                         

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

Based on a True Story

Genre: Thriller

A writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.

From Friday 23 March

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                         

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket