Vietnam Leader Calls for Wildlife Safeguards After Uproar Over Huge Ha Long Bay Construction Site
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Vietnamese officials are being ordered to tighten environmental protections in the province where an approved project featuring villas and seven-story hotels near the Unesco World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay triggered a public outcry.
Quang Ninh Province People’s Council Chairman Nguyen Xuan Ky directed local agencies to improve preservation management of Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay ecosystems and biodiversity, according to a posting on the provincial government’s news website. The province, he added, won’t “attract investment at all costs” or trade environmental protections for economic growth.