Photo for illustration Total tourism turnover reached an estimated VND7.3 trillion in the three months, up 24% over a year earlier. The province, home to the World Heritage site Ha Long bay, will host the National Tourism Year 2018 themed “Ha Long - Heritage, Wonder, Friendly Destination” with more than 50 cultural, sporting and tourism events. Currently, Quang Ninh focuses on developing four tourism types, including sea and island tourism, cultural and spiritual tourism, community tourism and border tourism. Together with attractive tourism products, the quality of services, tourism infrastructure and transport at tourism areas have been improved. Festivals such as Yen Tu, Ngoa Van pagoda, Cua Ong temple, and cherry blossom and Yen Tu apricot attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. This year, the locality expects to receive about 12 million tourists, including five million foreigners, grossing a turnover of VND22 trillion./. BTA … [Read more...] about Some 5 million tourists visit Quang Ninh in first quarter
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Quang Ninh real estate market draws in $5.5 billion investment
The increasingly improved and synchronised transport infrastructure, tourism potential, and abundant natural resources are all favourable conditions luring in big investors, especially in real estate, to Quang Ninh. Sun World Halong Park is the largest entertainment project in Quang Ninh Numerous real estate projects have changed the face of Quang Ninh in the last three years, such as Vinpearl Halong Bay Resort, Vincom Plaza Halong, Vinhomes Dragon Bay, Halong Marina, Green Bay Village, and New Life Tower Halong. The largest investor in Quang Ninh’s tourism real estate market is Sun Group with the 214-hectare, VND7.8-trillion ($343.4 million) Sun World Halong Complex which has already been put into operation. The group is also developing shophouses and five-star villas and resorts at Sun Premier Village Halong Bay. FLC Group is also present in Quang Ninh, with a project covering a total area of 224 hectares with a total investment of VND3.4 trillion ($150 million). This … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh real estate market draws in $5.5 billion investment
Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs
Sappers in Quang Ninh transport the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Military forces in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hoa Binh safely defused several war-left bombs on April 6. In Quang Ninh, a man found a 250-kg bomb in Ha Long city’s Hong Ha ward at 7:30 am on April 6. He alerted the authorities and the local sappers transported the 1.45m-long bomb to a safe place for detonation within the morning. In Hoa Binh, two bombs believed to date back to the anti-French resistance war were found at a pond in Hop Thinh commune, Ky Son district on April 5 when farmers dredged the pond for raising fish. Weighing about 60 kg, each bomb is 80 cm long and 30 cm in diameter. The site was blockaded until the bombs were moved to a safe place for detonation the next morning. Post-war bombs and mines have remained a daily threat to people and a headache for the Vietnamese Government. It is estimated that more than … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh tackle war-left bombs
Quang Ninh licences Thai invested US$1.6 billion project
Amata VN Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand-based Amata Corporation PCL, has been licenced to develop the first phase of a US$1.6 billion industrial and urban project in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Thai counterpart, Prayut Cha-o-cha, attend a ceremony to hand over a licence to Amata VN PCL for developing a US$1.6 billion industrial and urban project in the northern province of Quang Ninh - Photo courtesy of Amata Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long handed over the licence to an Amata VN PCL representative at the recent sixth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Hanoi in the presence of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Thai counterpart, Prayut Chan-o-cha. To be built on 5,789ha in a strategic location close to airports and seaports, Amata Ha Long City will be an integrated industrial city designed for leading towards a smart city in future. The project site is strategically … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh licences Thai invested US$1.6 billion project
Quang Ninh licences Thai-invested 1.6 billion USD project
Cai Lan IP of Quang Ninh (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Amata VN Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand-based Amata Corporation PCL, has been licenced to develop the first phase of a 1.6 billion-USD industrial and urban project in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long handed over the licence to an Amata VN PCL representative at the recent sixth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Hanoi in the presence of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Thai counterpart, Prayut Chan-o-cha. To be built on 5,789ha in a strategic location close to airports and seaports, Amata Ha Long City will be an integrated industrial city designed for leading towards a smart city in future. The project site is strategically located in the northern transportation hub close to international airports and a deep seaport that helps strengthen the logistics sector, Somhatai Panichewa, CEO of … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh licences Thai-invested 1.6 billion USD project