Authorities in Danang City have temporarily stopped real estate transactions on Son Tra Peninsula pending a comprehensive inspection.

Son Tra Peninsula real estate transactions halted

Danang People's Committee has sent official documents to the Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Taxation Department and relevant agencies to prepare for the inspection.

All activities including land transfer, leasing, or capital transfer must be halted.

In late September, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh ordered the Government Inspectorate to collaborate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Construction to conduct the inspection on land management, forest land protection and development, environment protection tasks at all construction on the peninsula.

The ministries must submit their report to the prime minister by March 31, 2018.

Son Tra Peninsula is 10km from Danang City's centre. Its biodiversity ranging from primary forests to the coastal waters is unique in Vietnam.

After the master scheme for Son Tra national tourism site was approved in November 2016, Danang Tourism Association expressed its opposition. They said that the natural beauty will be ruined by the mass of concrete buildings and wanted to remove Son Tra from the list of potential locations for national tourism sites.

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