New horizons


Forty years after the end of the Vietnam War, Jenny Southan discovers new-found luxury alongside an abundance of local charm in Danang


Pictured: Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort


visitors from overseas, while much improved relations with the US saw more than US$36 billion generated in bilateral trade between the two nations. By 2024, the Knight Frank 2015-2016 Wealth Report predicts that Vietnam will have seen a 159 per cent increase in ultra-high net-worth individuals (those whose net worth is over US$30 million), the highest forecast growth rate of any country in the world. “You could fly up and into hot tropic sunsets that


would change the way you thought about light forever,” writes Herr, who spent his days being airlifted by helicopter in and out of combat zones. Nowadays, Danang’s former military airbase is a shiny international airport, with flag carrier Vietnam Airlines offering frequent daily services between the coastal city and the capital, Hanoi, out of which it operates a state-of-the-art Dreamliner direct to London (see Tried and Tested, page 25). Disembarking from the one- hour 20-minute flight from Hanoi in the morning, we are greeted in arrivals by a uniformed member of staff from the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, where we will be staying. As he rushes to the baggage carousel to collect our luggage, we take a seat in the hotel’s dedicated airport lounge and accept a cup of mint tea.


A 40-minute drive takes us


through the city – past the Sun Wheel, Danang’s answer to the


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