Latest Phu Quoc investment and infrastructure news...
Logistics group protects island
October 9, 2008: Project cargo may not always be clean and green, but members of the international logistics solution provider Project Professionals Group (PPG) have teamed up to help protect the environment on the island of Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam...
Third private airline seeking operation license
October 6, 2008: The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has finished checking the application for the establishment of Mekong Aviation....
Vietnam aviation sector targets airport expansion
September 27, 2008: The Vietnamese aviation sector is embarking on a plan to develop a network of 26 airports, including 10 international ones, by 2020...
Phu Quoc blackouts vex tour investors
September 25, 2008: Persistent power shortages in Phu Quoc belie the island district’s reputation as a major tourist destination in the country, residents and investors say....
Wind power brings energy to island
September 15, 2008: Residents in Phu Quoc’s remote areas will soon have access to needed power...
Thermo-power plants head to islands
September 15, 2008: The Viet Nam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) is asking for Government permission to develop two coal-fuelled power plants on Phu Quoc and Ly Son islands...
Undersea power cable planned for Phu Quoc
September 3, 2008: An undersea power cable system from the southern province of Kien Giang to Phu Quoc Island will be built to supply electricity, according to a directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung...
Local company wins slot for golf project on Phu Quoc Island
August 28, 2008: Saigon Construction Trade Investment Co., Ltd. has secured approval in principle from Kien Giang Province for a tourism and golf course project on Phu Quoc Island...
Phu Quoc to develop casino services on trial basis
August 27, 2008: Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province will develop a complex of tourism, entertainment, and casino services on a pilot basis...
Massive Phu Quoc infrastructure project okayed
May 10, 2008: PHU QUOC — A US$10 billion project on Phu Quoc Island in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has received the Prime Minister’s approval and will be licensed this year..
Mammoth resort to open on Phu Quoc
April 17, 2008: HCM CITY — Pearl of Asia Development Corp, a subsidiary of the Trustee Suisse group, has unveiled plans to build a super-luxury retreat with leisure, entertainment, and business facilities on Phu Quoc Island...
Swiss firm plans multi-billion-euro resort on Phu Quoc
April 17, 2008: VietNamNet Bridge – The Swiss Trustee Suisse Group's Pearl of Asia Development Corp. announced on Monday it would spend six billion euro to build the Pearl of Asia Complex on the southern island of Phu Quoc...
Vietnam to build longest undersea electric cable
February 12, 2008: HANOI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will invest some 81.3 million U.S. dollars to construct its longest undersea electric cable route to supply electricity to its biggest island in the near future...
Phu Quoc to have a casino
February 4, 2008: The Government has seen through the principle of establishing a casino in Phu Quoc Island, according to information revealed...
Phu Quoc’s investment authority begins service
December 20, 2007: The management unit in charge of investment projects in Phu Quoc Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has just been launched at 3 Bach Dang Street in Duong Dong Town on the island to help investors with investment procedures...
Starbay to build US$1.6 billion resort on Phu Quoc Island
November 29, 2007: The Hong Kong based Starbay Holdings Limited will likely be licensed soon to build a large scale resort worth US$1.6 billion on Kien Giang Province’s Phu Quoc Island, a company board member said yesterday...
Announcement of Dai Beach - Phuquoc's detail Master plan 1/2000
November 23, 2007: Starbay Holdings and Phuquocland® is pleased to announce today the US$ 1.6 Billion Dai Beach Phu Quoc Vietnam eco-tourism resort project...
Vietnamese firm invests 50 mln USD in biggest island
October 2, 2007: A Vietnamese company is pouring 800 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (roughly 50 million U.S. dollars) into building a tourism center of international scale in Vietnam's biggest island...
Vietnam continues to attract large investments in tourism
September 11, 2007: VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has recently attracted many domestic and foreign investors in the tourism and the service sector with a number of big projects in tourism centers...
Local consortium to build US$68m resort at Phu Quoc Island
August 13, 2007: Phu Quoc Island has become an investment place that many investors are eyeing after Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung stated that it must be built into a big tourism, economic and financial centre of the world....
Phu Quoc urban centre approved
March 15, 2007: Vietnam is predicted to be among the world's top ten tourist destinations by 2016...
Over US$6 billion to be poured into Phu Quoc tourism
January 10, 2007: Around 200 investors plan to spend more than US$6 billion to develop tourism projects on Phu Quoc Island off mainland Kien Giang Province…
