U.K. Firm Kicks off US$15.3-Mln Resort in Central Vietnam

3:20:21 PM | 2/19/2009

The U.K’s Delverton Group has just broken ground on a luxury tourism resort worth an investment capital of VND260 billion (US$15.3 million) in central Binh Thuan province.
 
The resort covering 100 hectares in Bac Binh district will develop eco-tourism services and grow forests. It will also build telpher, wharf and golf courses to diversity tourism services.
 
The project, scheduled for completion in five years, is expected to attract a huge number of visitors, including 70 per cent of foreigners.
 
The resort is hoped to provide 600 jobs and bring the investor profit of VND15 billion-VND20 billion a year.
 
The Binh Thuan’s tourism is endowed with potentials for developing unique kinds of tours including: relaxation, sea sports, ecological tourism, discovery of flying dune – small desert, especially cultural tourism – visiting Cham historical relics and ethnic festivals. 
 
Binh Thuan is a gate of the central provinces and the southern highlands to Ho Chi Minh City the southeastern economic zone. The province is also near Đa Lat city (135 km) and Nha Trang city (250 km), which are also the two tourism magnetic areas. (Vietnam Economic Times)