travel asia vietnam da nang around the city business
Da Nang businesses range from large scale government run companies, to foreign investment projects, to home-front shops, to streetside stands.
As we saw in Ho Chi Minh City and NHa Trang, most businesses seemed to be run from shops attached to the front of tall narrow houses.
The shear number and variety of shops crammed with product is amazing.
We were told that taxes were based on the building footprint size... thus the tall narrow construction for these type of structures.
What amazed me is that it appears that it is thousands of independent, "capitalistic," businesses that make this "Communist" economy work.
This 2017 Real Money website seems to address this dicotomy.
We we visited Vietnam, the US dollar was worth about 23,144 Vietnamese Dong... not an easy conversion.
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TRAVEL: 2020
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These home-front shops are typical of those found nearer city center, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
One shop advertises "Mua 3, Tang 1," "buy three, increase by one;" four for the price of three.
The Rang Dang shop apparently is like a Home Depot selling "do dien," electric appliances, along with anything else they could think of.
Duy Khanh, wholesale and retail home furniture store, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
It appears this successful business needed more storage and shop space so a new taller home shop was constructed.
This provided more space for larger sign.
Note the more typical home shop to the left that advertises "Thu Thao," translating "draft collection."
These shops specialize in fashion clothes and glasses, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
Note the signs in English.
This newer downtown shop complex with a common roof may be a trend from the home-front shops, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
We didn't find out if there are still homes behind the shops.
Perhaps, these are government run businesses since they share a common roof.
These home-front shops are typical of those found a little further from the city center, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
One, is a drugstore ("Nha Thuoc"), one a grocery, and another dealing in gold.
Note the red and yellow "political" sign over the alleyway...
This sign translates "the whole people unite to build a civilized city" and in smaller print "Residential Area 14."
Huge, virtually empty, restaurant featuring Tiger beer, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
We saw a large number of these huge "empty" restaurants while we travelled during the day time.
Apparently, the locals, mostly men, frequent these establishments as and after sun down.
The Huge roadside restaurants seem to start to come alive as the sun begins to set, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
This smaller roadside restaurant prepares a variety of meats, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
One of many portable roadside business, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2020.
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