Experts in environmental science and maritime ecology are all concerned about the plan to dredge and deepen the Tien Seaport channel by extracting 200,000 m³ of materials and dumping them somewhere off Danang.
 
The Danang People’s Committee has agreed in principle to allow the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Ministry of Transport) to research, survey procedures to implement the plan, but scientists are insisting that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) is vital before doing so.