Danang City’s government has officially handed over the mammoth Van Village resort and entertainment complex project to Vinpearl Corp., which will invest some US$5 billion to develop 1,065 hectares of land and 500 hectares of water surface.
The northern province of Thanh Hoa plans to invest around VND22 billion in upgrading tourism infrastructure from now till June 2012 to promote the cultural and unique values of the Ho Dynasty Citadel.
According to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, projects to preserve, repair and embellish the Hue Citadel have been ratified by the Thua Thien Hue People's Committee with a total investment of 1.282 billion VND. This is the biggest scale project on Hue relics until now.
Ho Chi Minh City has launched different programmes to develop its tourism sector, including “river tourismâ€, “HCM City- 100 interesting things†and standard tourism with art performances.
The Bac Ninh Department of Environment and Natural Resources on October 5 launched the ground-breaking ceremony of Dong Xuyen Stock Garden improvement project with investment capital of over VND 3 billion.
A seminar on tourism investment promotion will be held in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh in late November.
An entertainment complex called Happy Land, similar to the famous amusement destinations in the world such as Disneyland and Universal Studio, has been constructed by Phu An Infrastructure Development and Construction JSC, a subsidiary of Khang Thong Group in a quite convenient position in Ben Luc District, Long An Province, only 20 minutes by car away from HCM City.
The Phu Quoc Marina Company has opened the first stage of its Duong Dong-Phu Quoc marina on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
A project focused on developing rice straw-woven products aimed at tourists was recently set in place by the Scientific Union for Sustainable Tourism Development (STD).
The Australian Embassy in Hanoi has provided VND205 million (around AUD10,000) for a waste management project to support environmental conservation and eco-tourism development in Ba Be National Park in northern Bac Kan province.
The central province of Phu Yen province, at an investment promotion conference attended by over 100 foreign and local investors last week, presented investment certificates to two tourism projects.
On August 25, To Dinh Tuan, the Director of the Dak Nong Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the Department will implement the project "Collection and conservation - promoting the values of historical and cultural exhibits of the province from 2011 to 2015, driven by 2020" with a total cost of around 34 billion VND.