Play golf on the Central
Vietnam coast’s courses
and you will cross a very
special bridge as you
travel through Danang.
Spanning the wide Han River, the six-lane
Dragon Bridge is Vietnam’s longest bridge
and is built in the shape of a golden dragon
writhing above and below the roadway.
Every Saturday and Sunday at 9pm, the
traffic is stopped and flames shoot
spectacularly into the night sky from the
dragon’s mouth.
Danang’s fire-breathing dragon symbolises
the friendly, welcoming and gentle
Vietnamese who, according to ancient
mythology, are descended from a dragon
and a fairy.
It also embodies the spirit of a nation
that has risen from the ashes of a terrible
war, first between the communist North
Vietnam government and colonial power
France and then with South Vietnam and its
main ally, America, which finally ended with
American withdrawal from Saigon in 1973
and reunification of the country two years
later.
Today, it is tourists who invade Vietnam
and, with its fast-developing infrastructure
of golf courses, it is attracting increasing
numbers of golfers from around the world.
Almost 45 courses are already open for play
across the country, a total set to double to
90 by 2020 under a government directive.
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