From the central level's expectations to the confidence of domestic and foreign businesses, Da Nang is shouldering the mission to become an internationally competitive innovation city, with the ambition of pioneering new development models in practice. Simultaneously, this vision imposes new demands on state governance.

On the evening of July 1, the 2026 Rural Industrial Products Fair and Exhibition – Inspiring Innovation, Promoting Vietnamese Brands officially opened at the Da Nang Exhibition and Fair Centre in Da Nang City.

With the goal of preserving genetic resources and expanding cultivation areas, Da Nang City is gradually realising its aspiration of making Ngoc Linh ginseng a high-value key economic product.

Da Nang City has identified the goal of building a service-oriented administration that places people at the centre, while improving governance effectiveness and the quality of public services. With strong aspirations for growth, Da Nang is striving to become a major socio-economic hub of Viet Nam and Southeast Asia, ready to join the country in entering a new era of development.

Politburo Member and Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu who is also the 16th National Assembly Deputy for Da Nang City attended a voter meeting following the first session of the 16th National Assembly on May 5.

Da Nang City is proactively preparing foundational conditions and implementing a range of breakthrough solutions to effectively operate the International Financial Centre (IFC) in line with orientations towards digital finance and green finance.

Leaders of Da Nang City held a meeting on March 30 with representatives from Chemnitz City, Germany, aimed at fostering cooperative links between the governments, businesses, research institutes, and training facilities of the two cities.

The election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term is approaching. On these days, the atmosphere of preparation for the nation’s great festival in ethnic minority-inhabited areas in the mountainous communes of Da Nang City is taking place urgently and vibrantly.

Collectives and individuals with outstanding contributions to implementing the Quang Trung campaign in Da Nang City and Dak Lak Province were presented with certificates of merit at a ceremony held by Da Nang City High Command on January 21.

Da Nang City will spend over 11.6 billion VND from its Fund for the Poor to assist local disadvantaged residents ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The Da Nang City People’s Committee held a meeting with enterprises and investors on January 8, aiming to encourage, share difficulties and acknowledge their efforts in implementing projects in the city, while listening in a frank and constructive manner to their opinions and proposals, for continuing to review and improve policies, and remove difficulties.

Thanks to the determination of the entire political system and the active participation of all social strata, poverty alleviation efforts in Da Nang City during the 2021–2025 period have yielded remarkable results.

In 2024, the former Da Nang City recorded the digital economy contributing 23.18% to its GRDP, surpassing the target set for 2025. Building on this momentum and expanding its development space, Da Nang aims to elevate its digital economy, targeting at least 35–40% of GRDP by 2030. However, opportunities and challenges are progressing in parallel.

Recent heavy rains have triggered landslides and flash floods, sweeping away many homes in Da Nang City. In response, the authorities in mountainous communes have mobilised resources to survey and identify safe locations for rebuilding solid houses that can withstand natural disasters.

Da Nang has taken another step towards becoming a regional financial and legal hub with the launch of the APEC Viet Nam International Commercial Arbitration Centre’s branch in the city, aiming to give businesses and investors faster, more transparent options for resolving disputes.

Tran Nam Hung, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang City People’s Committee, signed an official dispatch on November 19, approving a policy to provide 18 billion VND in emergency support from the city’s budget to localities in order to directly assist affected residents and promptly restore essential infrastructure damaged by recent floods.

The Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture opened the special exhibition “National Treasures – Heritage in the Heart of Da Nang” on November 19, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Viet Nam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23, 2005 –2025). This is the first time that 19 national treasures have been presented in full information and images in the new Da Nang City.

State President Luong Cuong on November 18 visited and encouraged residents in areas affected by floods, on the occasion of his attendance at the Great National Unity Festival in Go Noi commune in the central city of Da Nang.

Flight TR314 operated by Scoot Airlines departed from Changi International Airport in Singapore and landed at Da Nang International Airport on October 20, carrying 174 passengers on the airline’s inaugural service to Da Nang.

On October 15, the People’s Committee of Da Nang City issued a decision to implement the Resolution of the City People’s Council on policies for developing high-quality human resources in the public sector.