Da Nang, Vietnam News

From its sandy beachside retreats to its grand, historic monuments, Vietnam's picturesque port city of Da Nang is an adventure through space and time.

Funeral services were held today for George Esper , a longtime Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave Vietnam as the war ended, instead staying to cover the fall of Saigon.

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In this Jan. 1, 1966 file photo, AP special correspondent George Esper poses with a Vietnamese boy in Quang Ngai Province, south of Da Nang.

The 5th Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2012 will take place in the central city on April 29 and 30.

The 1960s encapsulated a generation at war and was a springboard for protests as well as racial political and social change.

Ho Pho, Deputy director of the city's Agriculture and Rural Development Department said it would be targeting fishermen who work on boats with a capacity of at least 50CV , including those coming from other provinces.

The new terminal at Da Nang's International Airport has been open for a month, said Le Xuan Tung, director of the Middle Airports Corporation, adding that the number of visitors may even surpass 3.6 million to as high as 4.5 million if the new flights remain popular.

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Thousands of people who visited their hometowns in the northern and central provinces to celebrate Tet with their families are finding it difficult to get bus and train tickets to return to the south, especially HCM City.

But the former longtime Medford resident, who recently retired to Sun City West, Ariz., with her husband, Nick, hopes to unite the unknown soldier with his Amerasian daughter.

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The Miller brotherswho served in Vietnam are, from lerft Leo, Willie, Thomas, John and James, Jr.

Viet Nam News received an email from a Russian citizen named Igor Poleshchuk, who complained about the service of a Vietnam airliner during his honeymoon in Viet Nam recently.

Vo Nhu Trong, 28, of Quang Nam Province is being treated for chronic kidney failure at the Da Nang General Hospital.

It's been more than 40 years since Mike Fleetwood fought in Vietnam, but the description that still comes to mind is "pretty scary." "I was barely 19.