Eco-tourism – development orientation for central lagoon region
VGP – The PM just ratified the socio-economic development plan for the Tam Giang-Cầu Hai Lagoon Region (Thừa Thiên-Huế Province) in the period of 2010-2020 under which the region will be converted into a major coastal economic center in Việt Nam.
The Lagoon and the Huế Ancient
Imperial Citadel will form a tourism complex of resorts, convalescence sites, craft
villages, and natural reserves for rare species and biodiversity.
Tourism is the backbone economic industry of the
Tam Giang-Cầu Hai Lagoon Region
There are also environmentally-friendly
facilities for shipbuilding and processing industries.
Under the plan, vocational
training courses will be opened for poor locals; grassroots-level educational
and health networks will be upgraded, including the construction of several
polyclinics and a regional hospital.
New towns of Thuận An and
Hương Trà, and Chân Mây-Lăng Cô City will be built while fishing villages can
be converted into fisheries urban quarters.