The central city of Da Nang is making every effort to put the firstphase of its ambitious Asian Entertainment Park development intooperation in 2014, according to the leader of the project’s investor,the Sun Group.

The company’s General Director Dang Minh Truongsaid the park will be constructed following the design of world-famousarchitect Bill Bensley, with an estimated investment of 4 trillion VND(188 million USD).

It will cover a total area of 880,082 sq.mon the western bank of the Han river. Once completed and operational,the park is expected to serve 2.5 million visitors per year.

The building will comprise four main areas: a game section, a culturesection, a multi-purpose zone for art performance activities, and a carpark.

The culture section will be divided into nine areas withminiature replicas of typical architectural works, historical sites andscenes representing Japan, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, theRepublic of Korea, China, Nepal and Vietnam.

In 2014, the SunGroup will continue implementing the second phase of the Hoa Xuanecological urban area, the project running along Hoang Van Thai streetto Ba Na mountain.

The cable car line in Ba Na Hill tourismsite and the French Village in the city will be completed and put intouse in March and July, respectively.

This year, Da Nang citywill invest about 27.3 trillion VND (about 1.28 billion USD) toconstruct key projects related to transport infrastructure, car parking,high-tech zones, stadiums, hospitals, parks, social housing and otherworks.

The city has also planned to develop sustainable tourism in a bid to turn the sector into its spearhead economic industry.-VNA