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Phu Quoc Island plans enormous tourism complex

An international tourism complex including five-star hotels, convention centres and casinos will be built on Phu Quoc Island, authorities in southern Kien Giang province have announced.

An international tourism complex including five-star hotels, conventioncentres and casinos will be built on Phu Quoc Island, authorities insouthern Kien Giang province have announced.

At a recent meetingbetween the provincial administration and a working team led by DeputyMinister for Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong, the Deputy Chairmanof the Kien Giang People's Committee, Dang Cong Huan, said the tourismcomplex will be built on 135ha in Phu Quoc Island district's Bai Thomcommune.

Huan said the casinos will be located on a30,000-sq.m area adjacent to five-star hotels and resorts with a totalof 2,500 to 3,000 rooms.

The complex will be a 100 percentforeign-invested project with a maximum duration of 70 years, with thecasino licence valid for a maximum term of 30 years.

Theinvestor in the tourism complex must be a company specialing in casinoservices, and must commit to an investment of over 4 billion USD, saidHuan.

International consultants at the meeting said other entertainment services should be added to the complex.

They also said strong commitment from the Vietnamese Government would be needed for such a huge project.

Under the master plan for socio-economic development of Kien Giangprovince by 2020 approved by the Prime Minister on July 26, Phu QuocIsland will be developed into a centrally-administered special economiczone by 2020.

Vietnam's biggest island with a total area of 593sq.km, Phu Quoc is now part of Kien Giang province.

Under a 10-year-development plan, the province, situated 250km southof Ho Chi Minh City, will upgrade the stretch of National Highway 80between Lo Te and Rach Soi, build a coastal road south of HCM City aswell as the Ha Tien – Rach Gia – Bac Lieu Highway. These projects areexpected to boost development of the Rach Gia and Phu Quoc airports.

By 2020, Kien Giang will establish the Kien Luong town and the Ha Tiencity, as well as two new districts – Thanh Hung district from GiongRieng town, and Soc Xoai from Hon Dat town.-VNA

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