Asia Park, the Sun World park on the Han River in Da Nang, still turns up in travel advice. A Rough Guides list of things to do in Da Nang, last updated on August 19, 2025, recommends riding the 115 m Sun Wheel, and a Pelago page for an evening tour lists a Sun Wheel ride as the first stop.
Before you build a day around it, it helps to know what happened to the park. This guide gives the dates, what is being built on the site, what is known about the Sun Wheel, and where to go for a similar day out, with 2026 prices.
Is Asia Park in Da Nang still open?
If you are checking before a trip, two sources answer the question: the park's own announcement and the city's tourism portal. Asia Park, renamed Da Nang Downtown in 2024, has closed to visitors: its management announced on August 5, 2025 that it would stop admitting visitors from September 3, 2025. The city's tourism portal reported on September 11, 2025 that the park had bid farewell to Da Nang in September.
The park opened in 2014 and had run for 11 years. Tuoi Tre News reported on May 30, 2024 that it would be rebranded as Da Nang Downtown from the following month.
The park's director, Phung Pham Thanh Thuy, said the closure was "to make way for a new project". September 2, 2025 was set as the last day of operation. A concert and a carnival parade were planned at the VUI-Fest market area.
Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre and Bao Van Hoa wrote on August 5, 2025 that the park would pause (tạm dừng), and Tuoi Tre said the pause was for an upgrade. VnExpress wrote the same day that the park would stop admitting visitors to prepare for redevelopment, and Tuoi Tre News wrote in English on August 6 that it would officially cease operations. The city's tourism portal titles its page "Danang Downtown (temporarily suspended)". The reports quoted here give no reopening date, and the land is the site of the project described in the next section.
As of October 26, 2026, the park's old web address, asiapark.sunworld.vn, redirects to a Sun World page that returns a 404 (not found) error, and Sun World's booking site lists only Ba Na Hills under Da Nang.
What is being built where Asia Park stood
Da Nang Downtown is the name of two different things: the park that closed and the project that replaced it. Sun Group and the Da Nang People's Committee held the groundbreaking ceremony for the project on August 19, 2025. It covers 76.92 hectares in Hoa Cuong Ward, on the former Asia Park site, along the Han River between Tran Thi Ly Bridge and Tien Son Bridge.
The investor is Asia Park Co. Ltd, a Sun Group company. The total investment is about 79.79 trillion VND (about US$3.1 billion). The plan includes a cultural and entertainment park, a theater with 4,000 seats, a riverside commercial street, a green park along the river and a 69-story, 408 m tower, which the city's tourism portal calls the tallest in Central Vietnam. Reports on the environmental filing in July and August 2025 put the tower at 70 stories.
Reports from July and August 2025 give 2035 as the year the tower and the project as a whole are expected to be complete, with a second phase running from the last quarter of 2025 to the last quarter of 2035. They give no opening date for any entertainment area. A Hoa Cuong Ward notice of August 7, 2025 lists the project owner's address as 01 Phan Dang Luu, Hoa Cuong Ward.
A second Sun Group project, Sun Galaxy Complex, broke ground on July 25, 2026. Bao Van Hoa describes it as an events and entertainment complex with an outdoor stage and stands for nearly 20,000 seats facing the Han River. The newspaper places it at the center of the Da Nang Downtown urban area, in Ngu Hanh Son Ward. The report does not say whether it stands on the old park's land.
What happened to the Sun Wheel?
No source below, including the city's tourism portal, gives an official statement from Sun Group or the city on what happened to the Sun Wheel after the park closed, and they point in different directions. Each is listed with its date and type.
- Thanh Nien, a newspaper, reported on August 5, 2025 that the Sun Wheel (Vòng quay Mặt Trời) would pause operations from September 3, 2025. It called the time until September 2 the last chance to see it.
- The environmental filing for the new project, as summarized by Tuoi Tre on July 29, 2025, lists the giant wheel (Sun Wheel) among the work of phase 1, which it describes as already built and in use, from the second quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2025. Among the new works it plans is a games area of about 2.36 hectares combined with retail and food and drink, and the summary does not say whether the wheel is part of it.
- The city's tourism portal wrote on September 11, 2025 that the wheel had been one of the familiar images of Da Nang for nearly a decade. It did not say what would happen to it.
- Downtowndanang.com, a marketing site for the new project run by a property-sales company and last updated on October 24, 2026, captions an aerial photo it dates October 21, 2026 as showing the old Asia Park wheel kept at the center, with buildings rising around a landscape lake.
- A travel blog, thingstododanang.com, updated in September 2026, says the old Asia Park, with the Sun Wheel, closed permanently on September 3, 2025 and is being demolished to make way for a 70-story tower. It names no source for either claim.
That makes three accounts: paused, kept and demolished. The first account dates from before the closure, and it describes a pause, not the wheel's fate. This guide suggests treating any page that sells a Sun Wheel ride as unconfirmed, including the tour page mentioned at the start, because the park stopped admitting visitors in September 2025 and a booking page is not proof that the ride runs.
Where to go instead of Asia Park
If you wanted rides or a water park afternoon, three places in Da Nang city sell tickets for 2026. The table gives what each offers and the adult ticket price on the operator's own site.
| Place | What it offers | Adult ticket (checked October 26, 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Sun World Ba Na Hills | Cable car up a mountain, Golden Bridge, French Village | 1,000,000 VND (about US$39) for visitors from outside Da Nang |
| VinWonders Nam Hoi An | Theme park with a River Safari boat ride and a water park | 650,000 VND (about US$25); 450,000 VND (about US$17.5) after 2:00 pm |
| Mikazuki Water Park 365 | Indoor and outdoor water park with slides and onsen baths | 409,000 VND (about US$16) for foreign visitors |
Children and seniors pay less at all three, and prices can change by date, so check the operator's page before you go.
Sun World Ba Na Hills
For a Sun World day out, Ba Na Hills is the option. On Sun World's booking site for October 27, 2026, the cable car ticket for visitors from outside Da Nang, which includes foreign visitors, costs 1,000,000 VND (about US$39) for adults taller than 140 cm and 800,000 VND (about US$31) for children 100–140 cm tall. Ba Na Hills is open 8:00 am–10:00 pm every day, and Sun World says the trip from central Da Nang takes about 30 minutes by car. The Ba Na Hills tickets guide covers what the ticket includes and how to get there.
VinWonders Nam Hoi An
If you want rides and a boat trip through a wildlife park, VinWonders Nam Hoi An is on Vo Chi Cong Street in Thang An Commune, about 15 km (9.5 miles) from the center of Hoi An old town. Standard tickets cost 650,000 VND (about US$25) for visitors 140 cm and taller, and 450,000 VND (about US$17.5) for children 100 cm to under 140 cm tall and people aged 60 and over. The booking form on the same site also shows an 80–140 cm band for children, so check the height band when you book. Tickets for entry after 2:00 pm cost 450,000 VND (about US$17.5) and 340,000 VND (about US$13) respectively. Children under 100 cm enter free, and the prices include VAT.
The park's main page lists 9:00 am–6:00 pm Monday to Friday and 9:00 am–7:00 pm on weekends, while its ticket-price page says the park is open from 9:00 am to 7:15 pm with admission until 6:00 pm, so check the day you go. A VinWonders page dated May 9, 2026 lists a free shuttle bus from Da Nang. It picks up at the Melia Vinpearl Danang Riverfront at 9:00 am, the Danang Marriott Resort & Spa at 9:20 am and the Marriott's Non Nuoc Beach Villas at 9:30 am, then reaches the park at 10:10 am. The return trip leaves at 6:00 pm. The page says schedules can change and gives a hotline, 1900 6677 (press 5), but does not say whether you need to reserve, so ask before you count on it.
Mikazuki Water Park 365
For a hot afternoon, Mikazuki Water Park 365 is a Japanese-style water park in the Xuan Thieu tourist area on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, Hai Van Ward. As of October 26, 2026, its ticket site lists the water park ticket for foreign visitors at 409,000 VND (about US$16) for adults taller than 1.4 m and 238,000 VND (about US$9) for children 1–1.4 m tall and people over 60, with VAT included. The site also lists cheaper packages, one for Vietnamese visitors and one labeled Da Nang, Hue and Quang Ngai, which starts at 175,000 VND (about US$7) for adults. The indoor area is open 9:00 am–7:00 pm and the outdoor area 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Issued tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, according to the park's service page.
An evening in the city
If it was the evening atmosphere you wanted, the Da Nang night market guide covers B.Fair, which Helio says carries on the spirit of the Helio night market. The Dragon Bridge guide covers the fire and water show, which runs at 9:00 pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and on major public holidays. For the wider list of what is open, see the things to do in Da Nang guide.
Sources and how we checked
We used dated news reports and official pages for the closure and the new project, and each operator's own site for tickets, hours and addresses, checked on October 26, 2026. Where sources disagreed, the text says so. We found no statement about the Sun Wheel after the closure on Sun World's sunworld.vn, the danang.gov.vn portal or Bao Da Nang, and no opening date for any entertainment area of the new project. US dollar amounts use Vietcombank's transfer rate of 25,800 VND per US$ on October 1, 2026, rounded to the nearest cent below US$1, US$0.5 up to US$100, US$1 up to US$10,000 and US$1,000 above that.
- Closure of the park (in Vietnamese unless noted): Tuoi Tre News, park to cease operations (August 6, 2025, in English) and rebranding (May 30, 2024, in English); Bao Van Hoa, park pauses from September 3 (August 5, 2025); Thanh Nien, Sun Wheel to pause (August 5, 2025); Tuoi Tre, park pauses for an upgrade (August 5, 2025); VnExpress, park stops admitting visitors from September 3 (August 5, 2025) and tower and environmental filing (July 30, 2025).
- Danang Fantasticity, the city tourism portal: Danang Downtown (temporarily suspended) (September 11, 2025), groundbreaking of the new project (August 19, 2025) and the park's 2020 maintenance notice (March 6, 2020).
- The new project (in Vietnamese): Tuoi Tre, environmental filing summary (July 29, 2025); Tuoi Tre News, project unveiled (August 24, 2025, in English); Bao Van Hoa, groundbreaking (August 19, 2025) and Sun Galaxy Complex (July 25, 2026); Hoa Cuong Ward, notice 502/TB-UBND (August 7, 2025).
- Sun Wheel and listings: downtowndanang.com (updated October 24, 2026); thingstododanang.com (updated September 2026); Rough Guides, things to do in Da Nang (updated August 19, 2025); Pelago, Da Nang nightlife tour (viewed October 26, 2026); Sun World, asiapark.sunworld.vn (redirects to a 404 page) and booking site catalog (viewed October 26, 2026).
- Sun World Ba Na Hills (in Vietnamese): cable car ticket prices for October 27, 2026, operating hours and travel FAQ (viewed October 26, 2026).
- VinWonders Nam Hoi An: ticket prices (May 20, 2026), park page (viewed October 26, 2026) and bus guide (May 9, 2026).
- Mikazuki Water Park 365 (in Vietnamese): ticket site, service information and home page (viewed October 26, 2026).
- Evening options: Helio (viewed October 3, 2026); Danang Fantasticity, The Dragon Show (March 14, 2025) and National Day holiday guide (August 20, 2026).
- Vietcombank, exchange rates, October 1, 2026.
- Photos: VinWonders, Nam Hoi An destination page; Mikazuki Water Park, home page; Sun World Ba Na Hills, October 2, 2026 article (viewed October 26, 2026).
Updated: November 1, 2026
