The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province is considering the construction of a marine eco-reserve resort in a protected marine reserve.

A view of Hon Mun Island where the Hon Tam Bien Nha Trang Joint-Stock Company has proposed investing in the Hon Mun Marine Ecological Reserve Resort.– Photo baodatviet.vn

The Hon Tam Bien Nha Trang Joint-Stock Company has proposed investing in the Hon Mun Marine Ecological Reserve Resort on Hon Mun Island and 30,000sq.m of contiguous sea surface.

The province has allowed the company to study and map out the project.

However, Nha Trang City’s chairman Le Huy Toan said that the province’s authorities had not given their approval as the latest proposal submitted did not meet requirements.

The Hon Mun Marine Protected Area became the first marine reserve in Vietnam in 2001.

The Marine Protected Area was set up with financing from the Global Environmental Facility through the World Bank, the Danish International Development Agency, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Government of Vietnam.

Implemented by the Ministry of Fisheries, Khanh Hoa Province and the IUCN, the area protects the biodiversity and ecosystems of Nha Trang Bay.

VNS