Buddhist sangha Danang

Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam,a Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam  established in January 1964 , is one of the Buddhist organizations operating in Vietnam and the Vietnamese community abroad.

The struggle for religious equality in 1963 under the Third Republic in South Vietnam against preferential policies for Catholic government of Ngo Dinh Diem , where Buddhist South Vietnam took to the streets in the Buddhist majority support in Hue , Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City .

 On Wesak  Day 1963 when Buddhists in Hue hanged the Buddhist flag  which was banned,the conflict between the government and the Buddhist associations exploded.

Monks were being persecuted and  Venerable Thich Quang Duc burned himself in Saigon to protest government policies of inequality.
The Ngo Dinh Diem government has lost its credibility and five months after the military coup,President Ngo Dinh Diem was killed.

The only nationwide organization before 1964 is of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association founded in 1951 composed of Mahayana Buddhism throughout South, Central, North, but the administration General Assembly remains weak. Buddhism Theravada is a private organization with the name Theravada Buddhist Church, based in Ky Vien Pagoda, Saigon.

Both of the Buddhist organizations in the South and Central regions of Mahayana Buddhism (Mahayana) and primitive Buddhism (Theravada)  united under a charter into a Catholic church named Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.

 

 Locations of Buddhist temples in Danang MAP

What's in Danang

Danang's main public recreation park, Cong Vien 29 Thang 3 is off Duong Nguyen Tri Phuong Street which is also near the airport.
The park is beside the Ho 29/3 lake and also act as a amusement park for children.

The dragon roller coaster(Vietnamese: Rồng Cao Tốc) is one such attraction in the park.

During public holidays,it will be crowded with families bringing along their children to have a great time here.




 Duy Tan University (Đại Học Duy Tân, Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam) (DTU) near the southeast corner of Lake 29/3.
Address:209 Phan Thanh Street, Thanh Khê District

A private university established on November 11 ^th, 1994,the first and largest in Central Vietnam.

A new 3+1 program collaboration between DTU and Coventry University in the UK, in affiliation with the Auston Institute of Management in Singapore took place at DTU on June 14,2012.
 
Duong Nguyen Tri Phuong Road  along  Lake Ho 29/3 connects from the airport meeting at the main arterial road junction of Danang,Duong Dien Bien Phu.
From this point to walk towards the main new bus terminal takes about 35 minutes.
The nearest walking route to riverside and  old section of the town from airport is via Nguyen Van Linh.
The two buildings were new shopping plaza across the Lake 29/3.
Danang is the 3rd largest city in Vietnam and many shopping complexes are sprouting in this vibrant city.



There were many low budget hotels along Dien Bien Phu Road
such as
No:73  Hoang Thuy Sinh Hotel  Tel:0913 488 667
No:259 Gold Star Hotel
No:289 Phuoc Long Hotel
No:291 Son Long Hotel
No:1245 Hoa My Hotel
No:5019 Anh Doang Hotel

Room rates from 200,000 VND

 Thanh  Long Hotel (distance to Danang main bus terminal 3km)
Address: 130 Dien Bien Phu - Da Nang
Tel: 0511.3649941 - 3649101
Fax: 0511.371211
Email: thanhlonghotel@dng.vnn.vn


 Co-op Mart located at Dien Bien Phu Road.
A leading local retailer supermart chain with wide range of local produce.













Statue at traffic circle pointing towards Le Duan Road which is also the direction of Danang Railway Station at Hai Phong Street.











Local bus stop,no shelter show your hand signal and the bus will stop.

Bus 1 Danang to Hoi An (20,000 VND)
Bus 2 Hoa Khanh to Cho Han
Bus 3 Danang to At Nghia
Bus 6 Danang to My Son.











The University of Danang along Le Duan Road.
There's a bus stop here to catch any of the inter district buses.








The yellow bus,no aircond for an hours drive to Hoi An.

Non express,will stop along the way to pick up passengers as well as letting off passengers who were on short trip.

Lotteria Vietnam,a Korean fast food restaurant chain located at the corner of  Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street and Le Duan Road,Hai Chau District.

Owned by the Lotte Group of South Korea,it started operation on October 1979 in Korea  and then expanded into Vietnam in 1998 with its house specialty the sogong-dong cheese hamburger.

There's also another outlet at Vinh Trung Plaza,Hung Vuong Street (Ong Ich Khiem Street) where the Big C Supermarket is located.




 Nha Nghi Ha Chau,a guesthouse off the main road at the Le Duan and Dien Bien Phu Road intersection.
Room rates 150,000 VND fan only with attached bathroom.

Danang railway station timetable

Ga Da Nang (Danang Railway Station) is at No:200 Hải Phòng Street, Thanh Khê District.

The Vietnamese railway network has a total length of 2,600 kilometres (1,600 miles), dominated by the North-South line running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 There is currently no railway connection between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as Laos.
However Hanoi's rail line is connected to the city of Nanning,Guangxi province in Southwestern China.

 Throughout the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese railway network—especially the North–South Railway—was a target of bombardments and sabotage by both North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese forces.
 
The travelling durations of  the following trains were as follows:
SE19 (17hrs 20mins)
TNI (40hrs 58mins)
SE5 (36hrs 55 mins)
SE1 (33hrs 10 mins)
SE27 (25hrs 45mins)

Train Timetable to Dong Ha.
SE2: 11:51-15:59 128,000 VND
SE6: 10:18-14:40 80/110/120,000 VND
TN2: 06:38-12:06 58,000 VND
SE22:08:35
SE20 16:50 -21:00  100(hard)/110,000 VND soft


SE 4 (Danang - Hanoi )
Depart 14:42 Arrive 05:00
A/c soft:550,000 VND
A/c hard sleeper 6 beds-890/850/724,000 VND
A/c soft sleeper 4 beds-940/930,000 VND

SE2 (Danang - Hanoi)
Depart 12:06 Arrive 04:02
A/c soft: 533,000 VND
A/c hard sleeper 6 beds-823/786/670,000 VND
A/c soft sleeper 4 beds-870/860,000 VND

T2 (Danang - Hanoi)
Depart 06:58  Arrive 03:05
Normal hard seat:270,000 VND
Hard sleeper 6 beds:660/600/530,000 VND

SE20 (Danang - Hanoi)
Depart 16:30 Arrive 11:10
A/c hard seat 465,000 VND
A/c soft seat 505,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 800/765/650,000 VND
4 beds sleeper 845/835,000 VND

SE6 (Danang - Hanoi)
Depart 10:34 Arrive 04:45
Normal 320,000 VND
A/c Hard seat 455.000 VND
A/c soft seat 496,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 765/733/622,000 VND

SE22 (Danang - Hue)
Depart 08:59 Arrive 12:20
Hard seat a/cond 38,000
Soft seat 58,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 99/93/80,000 VND
4 beds sleeper 109/100,000 VND

SE8 (Danang - Hanoi)
Depart 23:22 Arrive 15:38
Soft seat a/cond 533,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 823/788/670,000 VND
4 beds sleeper 870/860,000 VND

SE1 (Danang - Saigon)
Depart 10:31 Arrive 04:00
Soft seat 630,000VND 
6 beds sleeper 954/913/775,000 VND 
4 beds sleeper 1005/997,000 VND

SE3 (Danang - Saigon)
Depart 13:12 Arrive 05:00(next day)
Soft seat 650,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 1032/987/840,000 VND
4 beds sleeper 1090/1,078,000 VND

SE5 (Danang - Saigon)
Depart 08:56 Arrive 04:40
Hard seat 578,000 VND
Aircond seat 538/586,000 VND

SE7 (Danang - Saigon)
Depart 21:41 Arrive 15:05
A/cond soft 630,000 VND
6 beds sleeper 954/913/775,000 VND
4 beds sleeper 1008/997,000 VND

TN1 (Danang - Saigon)
Depart 04:38 Arrive 03:03
Hard normal 320,000VND
6 beds soft 766/694/616,000VND

Southern line station stops:
Tam Ky - Mui Thanh -Dien Tri -Tung Hoa -Nha Trang - Thap Cham - Binh Tuan - Long Khanh - Bien Hoa - Saigon.


Northern line station stops:
Hanoi - Giap Bat - Phu Ly - Nam Dinh - Ninh Binh - Bim Son - Thanh Hoa - Cho Sy - Vinh - Yen Trung - Huong Pho - Dong Le - Dong Hoi - Dong Ha - Hue - Lang Co - Danang