DA NANG CITY, VietnamThe city is classified as an industrial zone and has port facilities to handle container traffic. A number of light industries are located in the city.
Da Nang City is an industrial centre of the Central Region. In the city there are 900 establishments of mechanized and hand-crafted industries and over 4000 hand-crafted households operating effectively.
Some traditional industries such as garment assembly textile production sea agriculture and forestry products processing consumer goods production embroidery for export play an important role in total production. The production value of manufacturing industry and small enterprises in 1997 occupied 33.5% of the city GDP. In order to achieve the targets of the Government's industrialization and modernization the city industry aims to achieve a 20% increase in annual production value.
The city's economic output includes:
- Seafood export
- Furniture - ratan
- Household goods
- Clothing
Some 4,900 factories/production facilities are located in Danang. In 1997, Danang exported around fifty-five million US dollars worth of goods.