(VOVworld) - The Vu Yen Island Ecotourism Urban Area project, with total investment capital of $1 billion from Vingroup, has started construction work in Hai Phong city. Vu Yen Island will be designed as an ecological urban area that will include ecological villas, a 36-hole golf course, amusement parks, and an ecological park, on an area of 872 hectares. Addressing the ground breaking ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai praised the city’s implementation of infrastructure projects and its efforts to lure investment to become a modern and green urban area. He urged Hai Phong authorities to facilitate investment by Vingroup to ensure early operation of the project with good quality.