Hong Kong firm eyes 2bln USD entertainment project in Vietnam
Chairman of Hong Kong’s Summerfield Company Limited, Francois Da Pan Shih, expressed his interest in investing in the 2 billion USD Happy Land entertainment complex in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
Rally auto race track, a part of Happy Land entertainment complex. (Photo: baolongan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of Hong Kong’sSummerfield Company Limited, Francois Da Pan Shih, expressed his interest ininvesting in the 2 billion USD Happy Land entertainment complex in the MekongDelta province of Long An.
It was one of the contents in the meetingbetween Summerfield’s representative and leaders of Long An province.
Happy Land complex is located in Ben Luc district,Long An province, and covers an area of 338ha.
The project will include an exhibition centre, ashopping centre, three- to five-star hotels, a waterpark, indoor and outdoortheatres, a cultural centre, and an art museum.
Tran Van Can, Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee, said that he hoped to find foreign investors in co-operationwith domestic investors, to quickly put the project into operation.
Can also said that the province would create themost favourable conditions for domestic and foreign investors to successfullyimplement projects in the province.
Happy Land entertainment complex was introducedby Phu An Infrastructure Investment and Development JSC in 2011. However, thisproject was progressing slowly and stopped construction, until it launched theauto race track in April last year.-VNA
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