HCM City-based Sai Gon-Mang Den Joint stock Co put two resorts into operation in the National Mang Den Eco-tourism Zone, in central highland Kon Tum Province's Kon Plong District, as its first step towards a series of investment projects within the zone.
The area was their only escape from the social prejudice inflicted on them in the cities and towns of the country.
That was then, and this is now. And now dictates that the thatched huts will likely be torn down to make way for luxury hotels and the whirr of the roulette table.
Central Vietnam is emerging as an attractive investment destination with a series of million-USD projects currently underway or slated for construction. Construction of an ecological resort worth 1 billion USD will begin on April 30 at the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone (IZ) in Thua Thien-Hue province.
Detailed plans for land use on Phu Quoc ready in Oct.
Apr 28, 2008 at 05:58 PM
The detailed tourism plans for Phu Quoc Island off southern Kien Giang Province will be ready in October, which will then facilitate the development of tourism projects there, a provincial official said.
Swiss firm plans multi-billion-euro resort on Phu Quoc
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:53 AM
The Swiss Trustee Suisse Group's Pearl of Asia Development Corp. announced on Monday it would spend six billion euro to build the Pearl of Asia Complex on the southern island of Phu Quoc off Kien Giang Province, which if realized will be the biggest ever project of its type in Vietnam.