US$526 Mln Sea Tourism Complex to Take Shape in HCM City

The Can Gio Tourism & Urban Development Joint Stock Company will kick off construction of a sea tourism complex worth US$526 million in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio District next week as part of its business expansion plan in the locality.

 

The 600-ha complex will include seaside resorts, entertainment areas and luxurious residential areas.

 

The construction is scheduled for completion by 2016.

 

Located some 60 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, Can Gio is now home to 160 plant species, more than 700 invertebrates, 137 fishes, and more than 40 vertebrates.

 

The district is well-known for its mangrove forests which were recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Biosphere Reserve and the Vam Sat salt-marsh forest recognized by the World Tourist Organization as one of the two most sustainable ecological tourist sites in Vietnam.

 

Ho Chi Minh City is working on a plan to develop Can Gio into an eco-tourism area by 2015. (Vietnam Economic Times Dec 10 p1)