On September 9, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Le Quang Nam attended the workshop "Mid-Central Coast Erosion, Causes and Solutions" organized by the University of Water Resources.
Speaking at the workshop, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Le Quang Nam said that Da Nang is entering a new stage of development with the aspiration to become an international coastal city, a leading service - tourism - logistics center in the region. At the same time, it is also a pioneer city in innovation and climate change adaptation.
Da Nang is currently a coastal city, the socio-economic center of the Central - Central Highlands. The sea not only creates a clean landscape and living environment but also a driving force for the development of tourism, services, trade, logistics and maritime transportation.
In particular, My Khe Beach has become a global tourism brand, along with Cua Dai, Tam Thanh, Tam Tien beaches with great potential for developing sea tourism and sea services.
However, in recent years, Da Nang and many provinces in the Central region have been continuously affected by climate change, strong storms, high tides and rising sea levels. Coastal erosion is no longer a single natural phenomenon but has become a constant challenge for the sustainable development of the city and the region.
The situation of change and instability of beaches in recent times has been relatively complicated, especially in My Khe, Cua Dai, Tam Tien and some sections of the southern coast of the city, seriously affecting infrastructure, tourism activities and coastal community livelihoods.
In 2017-2018, 2021-2022, 2024-2025, My Khe coast has been seriously eroded during the Northeast monsoons. This is a big challenge for the city's sustainable development goals.
In the past, Da Nang City has spent more than VND1,600 billion to promptly prevent erosion and stabilize the coastline; Some major projects have been implemented such as the 550m long Tam Tien coastal protection embankment, the Tam Hai coastal protection embankment with a length of about 1.5km and is especially a comprehensive construction cluster to prevent erosion and sustainably protect Hoi An coastline with a length of 6.4km - Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee Le Quang Nam said.
At the workshop, Mr. Le Quang Nam highly appreciated the topic "Research on building a toolkit to serve the assessment and forecast of changes in the shape and solutions to stabilize the beaches in the Central Central region" chaired by the University of Irrigation.
The selection of My Khe and Tam Tien as key research points shows the close connection between science and practical needs of the city.
In addition, the research results of the topic are also consistent with the Da Nang City Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045, in which the city aims to become an international coastal city, a center for tourism, services, logistics and innovation in the region.
At this workshop, the research team of the University of Water Resources deployed training and transferred the technology of the coast and terrain prediction toolkit from UAVs and cameras.
