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Vietnam Expects First Seaside Golf Course in 2008 |
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Monday, 18 September 2006 |
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The Hong Kong-based Lilai and a local firm are developing a project to
build an 18-hole golf course nearby the sea worth US$36 million in Mong
Cai town, northern Quang Ninh province, the first of this kind in
Vietnam.
Covering an area of 116.8 hectares, the project is
now been carried out with the help and assistance from foreign advisors
and designers, Doan Quang Dien, deputy director of Vinh Thuan
International Joint Venture said, adding that it is divided into two
phases.
“At present, we have finished 90 per cent of the
first stage. We will put first works into trial operations early next
month,” Dien revealed.
In the second stage, a five-star hotel, an opera
house, marine airport and other entertainment centers will be built to
serve demands of tourists.
As planned, the project construction will be
finished by 2008, Dien said, noting that it will considerably help
Quang Ninh province to develop its economy and tourism.
According to statistics from the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism (VNAT), many big golf course projects such as
wholly Japanese-invested golf course in Hanoi, Kim No golf course, and
especially Luong Son course in Hoa Binh province, which will be the
largest in Southeast Asia, will be put into operations by the end of
this year.
By late 2005, Vietnam had 10 operational golf courses and 13 others under construction.
Source: Investment
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