Investing US$3.1 million in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

The central province of Quang Binh will invest US$3.1 million in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park to develop sustainable tourism.
Nguyen Van Ky, deputy director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, says the capital will be sourced from the Mekong Sub-region Sustainable Tourism Development Project and disbursed in four years (2009-2013).
The funds will be used to build rest houses along the HCM Highway and wharves on the Son River in Son Trach Commune, Bo Trach District, to serve visitors to the park. It will also be used to train tourism workers in foreign languages and in an effluent and garbage treatment system.
The Mekong Sub-region Sustainable Tourism Development Project aims to reduce poverty in the provinces of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Bac Kan and Cao Bang in Vietnam and nine provinces in Laos where tourism potential is high.