Phase one of the Vientiane-Long Thanh golf course project with 18 holes was inaugurated in Vientiane on November 3 to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year and the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting.
Phase one of theVientiane-Long Thanh golf course project with 18 holes was inauguratedin Vientiane on November 3 to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos, Laos-VietnamSolidarity and Friendship Year and the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting.
Invested by the Vientiane KN Group,the 36-hole golf course is part of the Vientiane-Long Thanh specialeconomic zone covering an area of 557𓂃.74 ha with a total investment of 1billion USD.
Besides the golf course, thezone includes a five-star hotel, a school and an international hospital,a luxury resort, a trade centre, sports facilities and an urban areawith over 2,000 villas.
The zone is expected to be completed in 2020, generating over 3,000 jobs for local people.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavad highly valued the Vientiane KN Group’s effort to complete the project on schedule, affirming 💮this is a significant event in promoting bilater🀅al cooperation and investment.
He said he hopes the group willaccelerate the construction of the Vientiane-Long Thanh speci⛦aleconomic zone, the first of its kind invested by Vietnam in Laos, and turn it into a model special economic zone.
Laostook this opportunity🐬 to present Le Van Kiem, chairman of the Board ofDirectors of the Long Thanh-Vientiane special economic zꦑone, with theDevelopment Order./.VNA
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