Decision No. 870/QD-TTg dated June 17, 2015 of the Prime Minister approving the “Master plan for development of Con Dao National Tourist Resort, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province to 2030”

THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No.870/QD-TTg dated June 17, 2015 of the Prime Minister approving the “Master plan for development of Con Dao National Tourist Resort, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province to 2030”

Pursuant to the Law on Government organization dated December 25, 2001;

Pursuant to the Law on Tourism dated June 14, 2995;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 92/2006 / ND-CP dated September 7, 2006 and the Government s Decree No 04/2008 / ND-CP dated January 11, 2008 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 92/2006 / ND-CP dated September 7, 2006 on the formulation, approval and management of the master plan of socio-economic development;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 92/2007 / ND-CP dated June 1, 2007 and the Government s Decree No 180/2013/ND-CP dated November 14, 2013 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 92/2007 / ND-CP dated June 1, 2007 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Tourism;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 18/2015 / ND-CP dated February 14, 2015 regulating environmental protection planning, strategic environment assessment, environmental impact assessment, and environmental protection plan;

At the request of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism,

DECIDES:

Article 1.To approve the "master Plan for development of Con Dao national tourist resort in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (hereinafter referred to as Con Dao national tourist resort) through 2030" with the following contents:

1. Location and role of Con Dao national tourist resort

The planned area for the development of Con Dao tourist resort is within the administrative boundary of Con Dao District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, including 16 islands and islets with a total land area of about 75,15km2 and a surface area calculated from inland waterway boundary of Con Dao of about 14,000 km2.

- It is situated about 185 km from Vung Tau in the South.

- It is situated about 250 km from Ho Chi Minh City in the Southeast.

- It is situated about 83 km from Hau river estuary.

The area that is expected to develop into a national tourist resort is 1,000 hectares (10 km2).

2. Development viewpoints

a) To develop Con Dao national tourist resort in accordance with the Strategy and the master Plan for development of tourism in Vietnam, the master Plan for development of tourism in the Southeast region until 2020, with a vision to 2030, the master Plan for socio-economic development and the master Plan for development of tourism of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province; to ensure that such development is consistent with the adjusted master Plan on building Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province until 2030 and the Strategies and master Plan of other relevant sectors and fields.

b) To develop Con Dao national tourist resort based on reasonable development of values of marine resources, forest resources of Con Dao National Park; to promote the value of Con Dao special national historical relic Area. To give priority to the development of eco-tourism, luxury resort, cultural - historical - spiritual tourism, and to associate with international markets as well as to enhance the competitiveness in tourism with other islands in Vietnam and abroad.

c) To develop Con Dao national tourist resort in order to create premises and impetus for the development of other manufacturing and service sectors, to attract the participation of the communities on the island; to associate with the development of Vung Tau City, Long Hai - Phuoc Hai national tourist resort, other significant tourism potential of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province in close association with Ho Chi Minh City and the entire Southeast region.

d) To develop Con Dao national tourist resort in order to remedy the seasonality in local tourism; to combine the development of tourism with the preservation and promotion of the value of historical – cultural remains, the protection of landscape, environment, ensuring national defense and security; to contribute to the restructuring of the local economy by increasing the density of the service- tourism areas.

3. Development objectives

General objectives

In 2020, Con Dao national tourist resort shall basically meet the criteria of a National tourist Resort

In 2030, Con Dao shall become an island marine ecology and cultural - historical – spiritual tourist resort which has high quality of regional and international stature with a modern and synchronous technical facility system; shall become a tourism product that has brand name, high competitiveness, and traditional culture features associated with promoting the values ​​of ​​ Con Dao special national historical relic area; shall be prepared the necessary conditions to become a tourist city.

b) Specific objectives

- Target of tourists: the target in 2020 shall be over 180,000 tourist arrivals. In 2030, it shall be about 300,000 tourist arrivals which includes approximately 120,000 international tourist arrivals (40%).

- Total revenue from tourists (at current prices): it shall be about 1,200 billion dong in 2020. It shall go up about 2,800 billion dong in 2030.

- Target of tourist accommodation establishments: The target in 2020 shall be over 1,000 hotel rooms. It shall reach about 1,800 hotel rooms in 2030.

- Target of jobs: The target in 2020 shall be about 5,200 workers who are created their jobs. It shall be about 8,000 workers who are created their jobs in 2030.

4. Principal development orientations

a) Development of tourist market

- Focus on development of market of recreation tourism, cultural- spiritual tourism, historical - revolutionary traditional education tourism; Market of tourists from cities, major tourist centers such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Da Nang ...).

- Focus on attracting market of international tourists from Japan, China, Korea, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and in some countries in Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia; promote the attraction for market of tourists from Western Europe, Northern Europe and Russia; focus on high-spending and long-stay tourists, market segmentation of recreation tourism, nature discovery tourism, and maintain tourists who learn about culture - history.

d) Development of tourism products

- Diversify tourism products based on specific values ​​of the culture, history and nature of Con Dao.

- Focus on the development of key tourism products such as eco-tourism, marine recreation tourism; island sightseeing; natural heritage experiences and historical - cultural – spiritual value discovery.

c) Enhancement of the access to mainland and improvement of traffic connections among the islands within Con Dao national tourism resort.

- Enhance the access to Con Dao national tourism resort by both air and sea by upgrading Con Dao airport, operating more domestic and international direct flights, upgrading the cruise ship port, and increasing frequency of carrying passengers.

- Develop the ability to connect to tourist attractions on the island, between Con Son town and islets; between Con Dao national tourism resort and neighboring destinations in order to extend passenger’s stay.

d) Improvement of the quality of the tourism service- facility system

- Choose construction location of works, tourism service facility in accordance with the space and development orientation of each specific area as planned. Develop a system of tourism accommodation establishments in accordance with the natural landscape and the development scale of Con Dao national tourism resort, which gives priority to projects of 4-star or more accommodation resorts with appropriate density.

- Improve the tourism service quality in accordance with the development-investment orientation. Determine that sustainable tourism and green tourism are the basic development orientations of Con Dao tourism.

- Improve the quality of ancillary services such as: transport services, public hygiene, information support service for tourists, and the utility ensuring environmental quality, security and safety for tourists.

e) Organization of tourism development space

- The districts of Con Dao tourism development include: Con Son Town Center; French Quarter in Con Son town; historic - cultural – spiritual area; Ben Dam Port; pristine coastline; scenic coastline; Con Dao mountainous region (including Con Dao national park) and the system of islets.

- Principles of organization of tourism space:

+ Organize the tourism development space in consistence with the task of protection and development of forests, conservation of cultural heritage, protection of ecological environment, security and national defense, and maximizing the potential, value of the historical - cultural relics and natural resources and biodiversity resources of Con Dao;

+ Make a difference among the tourism districts of Con Dao of which main points are marine ecology luxury resorts, French-architecture old quarters, tourism service area in Con Son town and Ben Dam, pristine coastline in the Northwest of the island, mountain peaks in Co Ong area and scenic spots in the National Park.

- Tourist routes:

+ Develop internal tourist routes going from Con Son town (or Con Dao national park) to points: Chim Chim cape – Co Ong –Dam Tre Bay; Ong Dung Beach –Ong Cau Beach- Thanh Gia Mountain; Ca Map Cape –Ben Dam Bay;

+ Develop trekking, cycling on Bay Canh island;

+ Organize and develop effectively cruise routes connecting tourist spots difficult to access by road, connecting to small islands in the system of Con Dao islands, including Trung Island, Ong Cuong beach, Tre Lon Island, Ba Island (Ba Non cape bay, Dam Quoc Bay), Nhat beach, Tai, Bay Canh, Cau …Island Cluster ;

+ Create inter-regional tourism routes (air and sea) connecting Con Dao with Vung Tau City, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang - Thua Thien - Hue, Can Tho, Phu Quoc Island ... to attract tourists;

+ Connect Con Dao with international tourism routes by sea to major tourist centers in the Southeast Asian region and the world.

e) Management of national tourist resort

Establish the management board of Con Dao national tourist resort in accordance with the Law on Tourism in order to manage uniformly all development investments, preservation and promotion of the value of the Con Dao special national historical relic area, protection of environmental, protection and development of forests.

g) Investment orientation

Effectively mobilize all resources to invest in development of Con Dao national tourism resort, including the investment support from the State budget, ODA, foreign direct investment (FDI), the capital raised from the contributions from enterprises, economic sectors in Vietnam and other lawfully mobilized capital; give priority to attract investment in the functional areas under the Master plan; capital mobilized from economic sectors is essential.

Promote, advertise and develop the tourism trademarks of tourism, develop human resource of conservation, restoration and promotion of Con Dao special national historical relic area based on the annual balance, investment capital from the State budget which covers partly the technical infrastructure investment of functional areas

5. Solution for implementation of the Master plan

a) Solutions for the master plan and management of the master plan

- Review and adjust the overall master plan, detailed master plan of functional areas and the component projects of Con Dao national tourism resort; Issue Regulations on management of Con Dao national tourism resort.

- Manage the investment in development of Con Dao national tourism resort in accordance with the approved master plans and investment projects.

b) Investment Solutions

- Study, request for amendments, or issue a number of special preferential policies for development of Con Dao tourism.

- Develop programs for investment promotion and attract large-scale investments; focus on high quality resort projects, ecolodges and eco-tourism, historical - cultural – spiritual tourism .

- Focus on promotion, calling for investment according to the List of priority investment projects enclosed with this Decision.

c) Solutions for development of human resources

- Enhance the training, retraining, and development of human resources, focus on the management staff, higher professional employees; support training to convert labors who work in agriculture field into working in tourism service field.

- Study and apply measures to attract professional and skilled workforce; hire domestic and international experts to hold key positions.

d) Solutions for advertising and developing the trademark of the tourist resort

- Develop and implement the plan for promoting and advertising Con Dao national tourism resort in the general plan for promoting and advertising tourism of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province and the Southeast; formulate the separate plan for promoting and advertising each market segmentation.

- Build a logo of Con Dao tourism; create a unique and specific trade name for Con Dao national tourism resort.

- Build a website in order to advertise Con Dao tourism.

dd) solutions for cooperation, association in tourism development

- Enhance the association of investment in tourism with other sectors and fields in order to solve the problems relating to the management of tourism development such as: investment in product development, promotion and advertising of tourism, environmental protection, development of tourism resources, management and use of land, infrastructure, ensuring national defense and security.

- Promote the association of Con Dao national tourist resort with other key tourism development places in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province; strengthen the association with other national tourist resorts, important tourist resorts, tourist spots in the Southeast region, the Mekong Delta region and in the whole country in order to promote the advantages and characteristics of natural resources to create diverse, abundant tourism products.

e) Solutions for protection of natural resources and environment, response to climate change and ensuring national defense and security

- Determine specifically ecotourism routes and apply strictly regulations to ecotourism activities in the protected space under the regulating scope on management of relics and specialized forests.

- Seriously implement measures to protect the environment in accordance with the Law on Environmental Protection; encourage environmentally friendly tourism products; increase investment in the protection and development of forests; protect and develop indigenous genetic resources at the botanical garden.

- Conserve and restore cultural– historic relics, revolutionary - historical relics in accordance with the legislation on cultural heritage.

- Formulate the plan for environmental management for Con Dao national tourist resort, including the increase of using renewable energy, reusing water resources, raw materials ...; build and operate efficiently the environmental infrastructure system of Con Dao national tourist resort and raise environmental awareness.

- Study and apply the most economical use technology of non-renewable sources of energy and fresh water; increase the use of renewable energy sources in the tourism service facilities. Encourage the use of means of transport that cause less environmental pollution.

- Assess the impact of climate change on investment projects in the review process for project approval. Apply the designs in accordance with the climate change and sea level rise for coastal projects. Issue the document "Guidelines for sustainable development for construction works" including the rules of architectural design and use of building materials, use of energy and fresh water, system of recycling, reuse, ventilation, natural lighting ...

- Orient all investment projects in Con Dao area towards ensuring the objective in which socio-economic development is combined with strengthening national defense and security, social order and safety.

- Inspect and strictly monitor sightseeing, tourism activities in the national park; enhance the development of tourism activities outside the national park boundary.

Article 2.Implementation organization

1. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism:

a) Assist People’s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province in the establishment of the Management Board of National Tourism Resort as well as in the assessment of projects of planning and investment within the national tourist resort or other projects that have a major impact on Con Dao national tourist resort.

b) Cooperate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the State Bank of Vietnam to assist People’s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province in socialization of investment in tourism and calling for investment in Con Dao tourism development.

c) Take charge along with the People s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, and cooperate with relevant Ministries to assess the application for design, planning, and investment projects that have a major impact on Con Dao national tourist resort and the protected area of Con Dao special national historical relic area.

d) Take charge and cooperate with relevant Ministries to assist the inspection of the implementation of the master Plan.

2. The Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance shall summarize and balance the funding covered partly in order to implement of the master Plan under the provisions of the Law on the State budget and relevant documents.

3. Relevant Ministries, departments shall cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the People’s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province in the implementation of the master Plan within their assigned functions and tasks.

4. People’s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province:

a) Publicize the master Plan; Formulate the plan for implementation; regularly inspect and monitor; Sum up every 5 years and summarize every 15 years the implementation of the master Plan in order to submit petition to the competent authorities for contents that need to be adjusted and supplemented in the course of implementation of the master Plan.

b) Establish the Management Board of Con Dao national tourist resort.

c) Review and improve mechanisms and policies to encourage,incentivize investment, including giving priority to strategic investors to invest in Con Dao national tourist resort.

d) Prepare the overall master plan of the tourist resort, the detailed master plan and feasible projects for some important functional areas in order to attract and call for investment.

dd) Take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the State Bank of Vietnam to organize activities to call for investment based on the List of priority projects enclosed with this Decision.

Based on the actual situation of implementation of the master Plan, the People s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism may agree to adjust names, decide to add or reduce the projects.

e) Actively allocate funds from local budgets for the development of technical infrastructure, urban infrastructure and environmental infrastructure of the tourist resort; combine the investment in tourism with the investment in other fields; promote the investment in tourism.

Article 3.This Decision takes effect on the signing date.

Article 4.Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, heads of relevant agencies and organizations, and President of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau shall implement this Decision. /.

For the Prime Minister

The Deputy Prime Minister

Vu Duc Dam

APPENDIX

LIST OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS OF CON DAO NATIONAL TOURIST RESORT, BA RIA - VUNGTAU PROVINCE UNTIL 2030 (enclosed herewith the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 870/QD-TTg dated June 18, 2015)

Notes: Location, size, and area of the used land and the total investment of the projects mentioned above shall be calculated, selected and determined specifically during the formulation and approval of investment projects, depending on the balance, mobilization of investment capital for each period. /.