Da Nang, July 19 -- As the expansion of its administrative boundaries following the recent merger creates greater capacity in terms of land, population and resources, the central coastal city of Da Nang is stepping up efforts to attract investment and make more effective use of social resources to support new development models on a larger scale.

Pioneering new development models

Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, said the city enjoys many distinctive advantages, including its strategic position as the gateway to the sea of the East-West Economic Corridor, an integrated network of seaports, an international airport and inter-regional transport links, as well as special policies and mechanisms and years of in...