The Germany Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide nearly VND3 billion to conserve the Buu Thanh gate and screens of King Tu Duc Tomb, part of Hue ancient capital’s relic system.
The People’s Committee of Can Tho City coordinated with related departments on October 26 to build a consensus on permitting Dia Cau Trading and Service Co. Ltd to create a promenade and food court on Ninh Kieu Wharf to attract domestic and foreign tourists.
The Suoi Tien Corporation on October 17 began construction on a tourism project worth USD600 million in Long Thanh District of the southern province of Dong Nai.
The provincial government of Quang Nam awarded an investment certificate to two U.S. investors on October 1 to develop a big tourism complex worth over US$4 billion in the province, which is in fact the reduced scale of another bigger investment plan earlier approved in principle in the central province.
The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has approved a plan worth VND9.8 billion (roughly USD540,000) to preserve the relic of a citadel built under Mac Dynasty (1592).
The remains of a 1,200 year-old Cham sanctuary unearthed in Phu Vang District in Hue will undergo major protection works costing VND 560 million (USD 32,000) that are likely to be completed next year.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has provided USD500,000 for a project to develop eco-tourism in Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai.
Work on construction of a four-star hotel, the first of its kind in Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province, began on August 26 at a cost of VND 410 billion (USD 22.96 million).
The capital city of Hanoi has launched a project to conserve the Co Loa relics site, Vietnam’s oldest citadel, dating back to the stone age, at a cost of over VND 27 billion (roughly USD 1.5 million).
The central province of Quang Nam has agreed to a large project by HCMC-based Hung Cuong Trade Join Stock Company to develop a tourism town in Phu Ninh Lake, around 7km west of Tam Ky Town, an official said.
Vietnam’s Central Highlands will join Laos and Thailand in building a land tourist route running through three countries.
The management board of the Tuyen Lam tourist site in the resort city of Dalat, Lam Dong Province, has announced it will plant nearly 600,000 cherry trees in Dalat from now to 2015.