"Da Nang: In Memory and at Present" opened on Wednesday at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum with 52 photos.
The majority of them show makeshift homes along rivers and beaches in the city. In the years that followed Vietnam's unification, many people from Hue and Quang Nam traveled to Da Nang, hoping to begin a new life.
Fishermen bring boats down to My Khe beach in Son Tra District.
Once urban renovation was completed and the Son Tra-Dien Ngoc coastal route was opened, My Khe became one of the most beautiful beaches in Asia and a popular travel destination.
Blackish polluted waters of household sewage surround a house next to Road 3/2 of Hai Chau District. People in the area used to dump waste directly into the water.
Children living in Son Tra district.
In 2005 Da Nang authorities moved all 350 families living on houses along Thanh Binh beach in Hai Chau and Thanh Khe districts to shore, putting them up in apartments so that they could be safe from storms and their children could go to school.
Their makeshift houses were demolished and the city built Nguyen Tat Thanh Avenue and traffic infrastructure.
Other beaches in the area were also made public and hotels were built along them once Hoang Sa-Vo Nguyen Giap-Truong Sa Avenue was completed, connecting the city with Hoi An.
