Phu Quoc island receives public infrastructure investment

The Prime Minister recently agreed to use 100% State budget to afford site clearance activities for transport infrastructure construction in Phu Quoc island of the Southern province of Kien Giang.
The funding will be spent on building the North-South axis, peripheral road network, and Duong Dong port.
The local authorities are speeding up infrastructure development projects. Especially, the Duong To International Airport is under construction while An Thoi Port was inaugurated.
In the first six months of 2010, the local investment management board granted 13 licenses with a VND 2,957 billion registered investment capital.
So far, the island has lured 65 investment projects worth of VND 46,938 billion.