Posts Tagged ‘ Golf Course ’

Lawmakers question golf courses in Vietnam airports 

November 17, 2011
Lawmakers question golf courses in Vietnam airports 

  Vietnamese lawmakers questioned the safety of projects to build golf courses in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport at a National Assembly session on Thursday. NA Deputy Vo Thi Dung from Ho Chi Minh City delivered her question to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung about the [...]

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A natural destination 

September 24, 2011
A natural destination 

Designed by Nick Faldo, Ocean Dunes Golf Course in Phan Thiet is among favorite natural destinations for golf lovers. There are more and more golf courses in Vietnam, but not many keep the natural charms of their surroundings. The Ocean Dunes Golf Club, however, boasts a natural landscape with a lake, lotus ponds, sea views, [...]

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Another golf course to be built on Hanoi airport 

July 4, 2011
Another golf course to be built on Hanoi airport 

Gia Lam Airport in Long Bien District, Hanoi, where a golf course will be built A 117-hectare golf complex is being built on the site of a Hanoi, Tuoi Tre reported Thursday.   The project covers 75 hectares of land within the Gia Lam Airport in the Long Bien District, some eight kilometers from the capital. It was funded by the Long Bien Investment [...]

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Vietnam metro approves major golf course project at int'l airport 

June 26, 2011
Vietnam metro approves major golf course project at int'l airport 

Work has begun on the construction a golf course complex in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have approved a project to build a 111-hectare- golf course and an urban area on the premises of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.   The complex, [...]

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Multiple violations overlooked at HCMC golf club 

February 14, 2011
Multiple violations overlooked at HCMC golf club 

The Him Lam Club alongside the Saigon River A golf club which was illegally constructed along the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City has been allowed to operate since 2005 despite official knowledge of its violations, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Friday. The Him Lam Club was built upon a 31,300-square meter “golden land lot” that [...]

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Golf club expansion under scrutiny

December 9, 2009
Golf club expansion under scrutiny

LookAtVietnam – The public has questioned the legality of reclaiming cropping land for the expansion of Long Thanh Golf Club in southern Dong Nai Province. People play golf at Long Thanh golf-court in Dong Nai Province. The 16ha extension of the greens may have been done without Government approval.The 16ha expansion by Long Thanh Golf [...]

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Vietnam to have 89 golf courses by 2020

December 2, 2009
Vietnam to have 89 golf courses by 2020

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved Vietnam’s golf course construction plan to 2020, which scheduled 89 golf courses for the country by 2020.  Of this number, 19 golf courses are operating already. Twenty-nine others will locate in the northern part of the central region and the coastal area of the southern part of the central [...]

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Plan to axe 27 golf course projects approved

December 1, 2009
Plan to axe 27 golf course projects approved

Nearly 90 golf courses will have replaced natural landscapes in Vietnam by 2020, according to a zoning plan recently approved by the Prime Minister. The new plan, which envisions 89 golf courses, is a reduction from the 116 that had been planned by the middle of this year. Nineteen golf courses are already in operation [...]

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Rice fields cannot be used for golf courses, PM orders

November 20, 2009
Rice fields cannot be used for golf courses, PM orders

The Prime Minister has banned the use of rice fields for golf courses, especially those that yield two crops a year. Protected forest areas and those already zoned for industrial and urban areas should also be prohibited, the PM has told the Ministry of Planning and Investment that is drafting a golf course zoning plan [...]

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Fertile soil not for golf courses, says PM

November 18, 2009
Fertile soil not for golf courses, says PM

LookAtVietnam – In a draft decision outlining rules on golf course construction until 2020 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized that fertile agricultural land is absolutely not for building golf courses. NA deputies decry use of golf courses to build villasGolf courses ‘a waste of land’ In cases where rice-growing land has been earmarked for golf projects, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...