Bangkok-to-Da Nang Flights Take Wing

HANOI — Da Nang has joined Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) as an international gateway, giving travelers their first direct access to central Vietnam, which has some of the country’s best beaches. Thai Airways flies there three times a week from Bangkok (nonstop, $333 round trip). One beneficiary is the luxury 200-room Furama Resort in Da Nang, telephone 011-84-511- 847-333, fax 011-84-511-847-666, in China Beach, near the R&R; center used by U.S. troops in the Vietnam War.