QUẢNG NINH — The Vân Đồn Heritage Road mega project was up on the table for comments of the Quảng Ninh Province’s Party Committee on Thursday.

Vân Đồn Heritage Road is among a series of project worth US$2.7 billion in total to soon be developed at Vân Đồn, as a foundation for turning the district into a special administrative-economic unit.

To be developed by the Vân Đồn Heritage Road Joint Stock Company, the project will cover an area of more than 3,300ha and have nine sub-areas -- ocean resort, luxury residential area, ecological area and hilltop scenic village, as well as golf course, spiritual tourism area, coastal resort, luxury mountain-side area and gigantic islands.

Nguyễn Văn Đọc, secretary of the provincial Party Committee, highly appreciated the plans for the Vân Đồn Heritage Road, which integrated the land’s natural conditions and traditional culture.

The project is expected to become a tourism magnet of Vân Đồn and contribute to boosting the province’s socio-economic development.

The province generally agreed with the proposed planning of the developer but asked for careful study of the impact on the lives of residents, environment and ecosystem to ensure harmonised connectivity with other projects in the region and environmental protection.

The province also asked the developer to gear up the making of detailed plans and ensure the project’s progress.

The northern province of Quảng Ninh is also speeding up the implementation of infrastructure projects in Vân Đồn, including the resettlement project of Vân Đồn International Airport, highway projects from Hạ Long to Vân Đồn and Vân Đồn to Móng cái, and the Hòn Nét-Con Ong Port complex.

According to deputy head of Quảng Ninh Economic Zone Management Board Hoàng Trung Kiên, a series of projects worth an estimated total of $2.7 billion would begin in Vân Đồn in 2018, including tourism complex Sonesea Dragon Bay, five-star Furama Hạ Long Việt Nam Resort & Villas and Vân Đồn Heritage Road. — VNS